Opioids

‘Benzo-dope’ wave complicating fight against opioid epidemic

A wave of benzodiazepines is adulterating Toronto’s illegal opioid market, raising risks for users, complicating the fight against the opioid crisis, and imposing extra burdens on a COVID-stretched emergency response system.

London’s supervised consumption site to fill ‘a desperate need in the community’

Drug users in London, Ontario, suffer from addiction-related health problems, like infectious disease, at a higher rate than the provincial average. But a permanent supervised consumption site, expected to open in mid-March 2022, could help.

Safe supply: The debate around prescribing opioids to people who use drugs

Stigma may be the biggest threat to solving the opioid crisis

Infectious Love: Coronary Angiography in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Gay Couples

Cracking Down: E-Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Medication for Opioid Use Disorders after Nonfatal Opioid Overdose

Pharmacists are at the centre of the opioid crisis. We need to be part of the solution.

The Opioid Chapters: 11 stories that show how complex the crisis is

Summer Replay – Seeking a High: Opioid Relapse Prevention & Primary Care Networks and Acute Healthcare Utilization

Summer Replay: If the Diet Fits! A SPACE for Opioids in Chronic Pain & Low Fat vs Low Carb Diets for Weight Loss

Decriminalizing drugs: “We need a more compassionate approach”

Seeking a High: Opioid Relapse Prevention & Primary Care Networks and Acute Healthcare Utilization

Potion Commotion: Acute Kidney Injury with Combination Antibiotics and Comparing Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Management

If the Diet Fits! A SPACE for Opioids in Chronic Pain & Low Fat vs Low Carb Diets for Weight Loss

Providing safer opioids to people who use drugs is the opposite of “giving up” on them

Choosing the Right Drug: Non-Opioids for Acute Pain & Edoxaban for Venous Thromboembolism

Top 5 Papers (Part 2): Challenging Asthma Diagnoses, Natriuretic Guided Therapy for Heart Failure, and Opioid Prescribing Patterns

CANVASsing for Healthy Hearts: Canakinumab for Atherosclerosis and Canaglifozin for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

REPLAY: Emergent Realizations – Contrast-Induced Nephropathy & Opioid Prescribing Patterns

Emergent Realizations: Contrast-Induced Nephropathy & Opioid Prescribing Patterns