PubMed Update November 2014 - February 2015

Catching up on 51 papers in 4 months. Did you miss me?

1) New Drugs of Abuse.

Rech MA, Donahey E, Cappiello Dziedzic JM, Oh L, Greenhalgh E.

Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Dec 4. doi: 10.1002/phar.1522. [Epub ahead of print]

Comment: Review of management of drug toxicities among novel, synthetic compounds.

2) Police officer attitudes towards intranasal naloxone training.

Ray B, O'Donnell D, Kahre K.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jan 1;146:107-10. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.026. Epub 2014 Nov 8.

Comment: Police officers like being trained to carry naloxone.

3) Intranasal naloxone administration for treatment of opioid overdose.

Robinson A, Wermeling DP.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2014 Dec 15;71(24):2129-35. doi: 10.2146/ajhp130798.

Comment: Review of intranasal naloxone for overdose reversal.

4) Observed transition from opioid analgesic deaths toward heroin.

Dasgupta N, Creppage K, Austin A, Ringwalt C, Sanford C, Proescholdbell SK.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Dec 1;145:238-41. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 18.

Comment: Heroin overdoses are increasing.

5) Brief overdose education can significantly increase accurate recognition of opioid overdose amongheroin users.

Jones JD, Roux P, Stancliff S, Matthews W, Comer SD.

Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Jan;25(1):166-70. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.05.006. Epub 2013 Jun 15.

Comment: Brief overdose training works for naloxone distribution. This is important because many places are requiring prolonged trainings that end up limiting access to those who are unable or unwilling to invest that degree of time.

6) Brief overdose education is sufficient for naloxone distribution to opioid users.

Behar E, Santos GM, Wheeler E, Rowe C, Coffin PO.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Mar 1;148:209-12. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.009. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Comment: Again, brief overdose training works for naloxone distribution.

More OD videos - Cops, reentry, and Spanish OD training!

It seems like there are a bunch of good overdose advocacy and training videos coming out these days. 

Here's a new video from the San Francisco Police Department and Department of Public Health instructing police not to interfere with syringe access sites or naloxone distribution. (Nice narration Emalie Huriaux!)




And here's a new Spanish-language video from Boston about how to recognize overdose and respond properly. The video highlights the fact that those just released from prison or other lock-up facilities are at higher risk of OD, especially in those first two weeks.

And while we're at it, we realized that OPA didn't mention the great video, "Staying Alive on the Outside" from our friends in Rhode Island that came out a few months back. It's and English-language video that focuses on OD risk and response after prison release. 



We hope you find these useful in your work!