Non drug-related and opioid-specific causes of 3262 deaths in Scotland’s methadone-prescription clients, 2009–2015

BACKGROUND: Opioid drug use is a major cause of premature mortality, with opioid substitution therapy the leading intervention. As methadone-clients age, non-drug-related deaths (non-DRDs) predominate and DRD-risks increase differentially, quadrupling at 45+ years for methadone-specific DRDs. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Gao, Lu, Robertson, J. Roy, Bird, Sheila M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6445802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30875647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.019

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6445802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30875647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.019

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