Results: Overall, the number of hospitalizations related to an opioid use disorder (OUD) decreased with progressing waves of the pandemic and with increasing severity of public health measures in Ontario. The rate of hospitalizations related to opioid poisonings (e.g....
This cross-sectional study examines the proportion of clinics accepting new patients with opioid use disorder and time until first appointment in the US
Opioid use disorder (OUD), which contributes to the ongoing overdose crisis claiming over 21 lives across Canada a day, is even more severe within correctional settings. In North America, OUD is a critical public health concern among incarcerated populations, with individuals being up to 129 times...
BMC Public Health (2022) 22:436 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12685-0 RESEARCH Open Access Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) experiences and release plans among federally incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in Ontario, Canada: a mixed-methods study Cayley ...
Despite the growing numbers of men and women with opioid use disorder in Canada, sex-specific issues in treatment have not been re-examined in the current population of patients with opioid addiction. We aimed to evaluate sex differences in substance use, health, and social functioning among men...
synthetic, or semi-synthetic, mitigate the sensation of pain. They include the legal prescription drugs oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine, and morphine, as well as illegal drug heroin, all of which can be highly addictive, potentially leading to opioid use disorder and overdose...
A public health crisis in the United States and Canada involving a sharp increase in the use of, addiction to, and overdoses from opioid drugs, especially since 2015 (although the trend is traced to the late 1990s). Opioids, typically used as prescription painkillers, include morphine, oxycodon...
We examined the relationship between acute phase (2 days) for injury in 57 trauma centers in the province of Quebec (Canada) between 2004 and 2014. We searched for opioid poisoning and opioid use disorder from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code diagnosis after their initial injury. Patients that filled ...
Incarcerated populations experience an elevated prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD). Federal correctional institutions in Canada have increasingly treated OUD among correctional populations via opioid agonist treatment (OAT) – an evidence based phar
CANADAOPIOID abuseDHALLA, IrfanPATIENTSPSYCHIATRIC drugsThe article reports that there is increase in medically induced opioid addiction. Irfan Dhalla, a University of Toronto researcher, states that according to a study 13.2 percent outpatients met the criteria for severe opioid-use disorder ...