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Binge Drug Injection in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs in Montreal: Characterizing the Substances and Social Contexts Involved
We describe binge drug injection in a longitudinal cohort study of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Montreal, Canada (eligibility: age ≥ 18,...
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Drug preparation, injection-related infections, and harm reduction practices among a national sample of individuals entering treatment for opioid use disorder
BackgroundThe rise in injection drug use in the USA has led to an increase in injection site infections. We performed a national survey of people who...
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Question-answering system extracts information on injection drug use from clinical notes
BackgroundInjection drug use (IDU) can increase mortality and morbidity. Therefore, identifying IDU early and initiating harm reduction interventions...
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3D Cinematic rendering for evaluating femoral pseudoaneurysms in injection drug users
The inguinal region, specifically the femoral vasculature, is a commonly used site of injection for intravenous drug users (IVDU). Repeated puncture...
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Injection Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among People who Inject Drugs in Ukraine: A Random-Intercept Latent Transition Analysis
HIV transmission in Ukraine is driven in part by unsafe injection drug use and sexual risk behaviors among people who inject drugs. We performed a...
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A multimorbidity model for estimating health outcomes from the syndemic of injection drug use and associated infections in the United States
BackgroundFatal drug overdoses and serious injection-related infections are rising in the US. Multiple concurrent infections in people who inject...
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Rapamycin nanoparticles improves drug bioavailability in PLAM treatment by interstitial injection
BackgroundPulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis (PLAM) is a rare interstitial lung disease characterized by diffuse cystic changes caused by the destructive...
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Inadvertent intrathecal drug injection while treating low back pain: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundUndesired intrathecal injections represent an important subset of medical errors, albeit rare. Clinical effects depend on the type and...
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Injection cessation and relapse to injection and the associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran: The Rostam study
BackgroundDrug injection is a major health-related problem worldwide. Injection cessation and relapse to injection could significantly alter the risk...
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Cohort profile: the Kyrgyzstan InterSectional Stigma (KISS) injection drug use cohort study
BackgroundIn Kyrgyzstan and other Eastern European and Central Asian countries, injection drug use and HIV-related intersectional stigma undermines...
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Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US–Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016–2018
The economic, social, cultural and political milieus that influence injection drug-related HIV risk behaviors along the US–Mexico border in the...
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Non-disclosure of drug injection practices as a barrier to HCV testing: results from the PrebupIV community-based research study
BackgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection prevalence is particularly high in people who inject drugs (PWID), a population that faces many barriers...
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Sexualized drug injection among men who have sex with men in Madrid and Barcelona as the first episode of drug injecting
BackgroundWe estimate the prevalence of drug injection, the variables associated with having ever injected and the proportion of ever injectors whose...
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The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
BackgroundBeginning in the 1990s, nonmedical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of...
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Mucocutaneous Manifestations of Recreational Drug Use
Recreational drug use is increasingly common in the dermatology patient population and is often associated with both general and specific...
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Intradermal Injection in Balding Region Versus Intramuscular Injection in Surrounding Muscles: A Split-Scalp, Randomized Trial on BoNT for Androgenetic Alopecia
IntroductionRecent advancements in androgenetic alopecia (AGA) treatment have highlighted the efficacy of botulinum toxin (BoNT). However,...
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Regenerative effects of platelet-rich plasma releasate injection in rabbit discs degenerated by intradiscal injection of condoliase
BackgroundIntradiscal condoliase injection is an alternative therapeutic option for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). However, it is often associated...
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Implementation of an integrated infectious disease and substance use disorder team for injection drug use-associated infections: a qualitative study
BackgroundHospitalizations for severe injection drug use-related infections (SIRIs) are characterized by high costs, frequent patient-directed...
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Structural and social changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on engagement in substance use disorder treatment services: a qualitative study among people with a recent history of injection drug use in Baltimore, Maryland
BackgroundSubstance use disorder treatment and recovery support services are critical for achieving and maintaining recovery. There are limited data...
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Antibiotic therapy completion for injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis at a center with routine addiction medicine consultation: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundAddiction medicine consultation and medications for opioid use disorder are shown to improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with...
