Drug Overdose

"Drug Overdose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Accidental or deliberate use of a medication or street drug in excess of normal dosage.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Overdose" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in Profiles.
  1. Agent-Based Model of Combined Community- and Jail-Based Take-Home Naloxone Distribution. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2448732.
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  2. Fluorofentanyl and novel synthetic opioids in accidental overdose deaths. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Oct 28; 48(8):573-581.
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  3. An autonomous implantable device for the prevention of death from opioid overdose. Sci Adv. 2024 Oct 25; 10(43):eadr3567.
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  4. Bending the Overdose Curve - Still Not Enough. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 19; 391(11):1052-1053.
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  5. A mixed methods study to inform fatal overdose prevention in San Diego, California: Perspectives from people who use drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Nov; 133:104577.
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  6. Drug Decriminalization, Fentanyl, and Fatal Overdoses in Oregon. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2431612.
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  7. Opioid overdose deaths are prominent in urban counties within the USA: an observational cross-sectional study. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Nov; 133(5):1108-1110.
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  8. Racialized environments and syringe services program implementation: County-level factors. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Oct 01; 263:112430.
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  9. Increases in housing rules and surveillance during COVID-19: impacts on overdose and overdose response in a community-based cohort of sex workers who use drugs in Vancouver, BC. Harm Reduct J. 2024 08 22; 21(1):153.
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  10. Fentanyl harm reduction strategies among Latinx communities in the United States: a scoping review. Harm Reduct J. 2024 08 16; 21(1):150.
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