Center on Substance Use & Health

New Paper Alert! 🔔

While long-acting injectable buprenorphine works better, some people still don’t want an injection – bubble packing low-dose buprenorphine can help for outpatient starts.

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Qualitative study of bubble pack use during buprenorphine low dose initiation - PubMed Blister packing was identified as a tool to allow patients to successfully complete outpatient buprenorphine LDI. Standardized protocols and collaboration with pharmacists at a public health pharmacy were key facilitators. Partnering with local pharmacies to inform implementation strategies and iden...

New Paper Alert! 🔔

CSUH Epidemiologist Nora Anderson conducted a novel analysis of opioid overdose, showing both the burden of mortality among unhoused people and - among all unhoused people - the LACK of a racial disparity in overdose. Economics matter.

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🔔New paper alert! 🔔
A whopping 93% of stimulant deaths had evidence of chronic cardiovascular disease! Combined with the other work CSUH has done, it is time to start thinking about these deaths more like we do alcohol (mostly chronic disease) and less like we do opioids (mostly acute overdose).
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https://lnkd.in/g-9B_594

Also, check out the accompanying editorial by Slavin and Walley (https://lnkd.in/gpuyjf7f)