2025
Receipt of addiction treatment after nonfatal opioid overdose and risk of subsequent overdose: A retrospective cohort study
Howell B, Black A, Lin H, Liberatore M, Greene C, D'Onofrio G, Heimer R, Grau L, Hawk K, Fiellin D, Becker W. Receipt of addiction treatment after nonfatal opioid overdose and risk of subsequent overdose: A retrospective cohort study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2025, 273: 112679. PMID: 40413965, PMCID: PMC12178112, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAddiction treatment modalitiesAddiction treatmentInpatient addiction treatmentOpioid overdose survivorsOverdose survivorsOpioid agonist treatmentOpioid overdoseReceipt of methadoneOpioid withdrawalInpatient treatmentBenzodiazepine exposureNon-medicalAddictionAssociated with reduced riskNonfatal opioid overdoseAgonist treatmentNon-fatal opioid overdoseTreatment modalitiesAssociated with increased riskBenzodiazepinesIndividual level dataMethadoneRetrospective cohort studyOpioidBuprenorphine
2023
Receipt of opioid use disorder treatments prior to fatal overdoses and comparison to no treatment in Connecticut, 2016–17
Heimer R, Black A, Lin H, Grau L, Fiellin D, Howell B, Hawk K, D'Onofrio G, Becker W. Receipt of opioid use disorder treatments prior to fatal overdoses and comparison to no treatment in Connecticut, 2016–17. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 254: 111040. PMID: 38043226, PMCID: PMC10872282, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-medication treatmentsRelative riskOpioid overdose deathsIncidence rateMOUD treatmentOverdose deathsOpioid use disorder treatmentResults Incidence ratesRetrospective cohort studyDifferent treatment modalitiesPopulation-level effortsUse disorder treatmentFatal opioid poisoningsCohort studyOpioid poisoningTreatment modalitiesConclusion ExposurePoisoning deathsFatal overdosesTreatment exposureDisorder treatmentDeathTreatmentMethadoneRisk
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