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Discarded used hypodermic needles along the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Charles Krupa/AP Photos

September 26, 2017

Opioid epidemic causing rise in hepatitis C infections and other serious illnesses

Thomas J. Stopka, Tufts University

HIV, STIs and other dangerous infections are feeding off of the opioid epidemic, creating an even more complicated threat to public health.

Naloxone has been made available over the counter from a pharmacist so loved-ones of drug users can have it on hand in the event of an overdose. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Agustus 31, 2016

Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdose

Suzanne Nielsen, UNSW Sydney dan Simon Lenton, Curtin University

Naloxone is used as an “antidote” for opioid overdose which includes heroin, and opioid pain medicines such as morphine, fentanyl and codeine.

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Kavita Babu
Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Ria Hopkins
PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Zaina Qureshi
Assistant Professor Department of Health Services Policy and Management; Adjunct Professor Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences; Principal Investigator William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of South Carolina
Brian King
Professor of Geography, Penn State
M-J Milloy
Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Thomas J. Stopka
Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
Travis N. Rieder
Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
Stephanie Lake
PhD student in Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Francesco Leri
Professor of Psychology, University of Guelph
Rod Knight
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Victoria Tutag Lehr
Professor of Pharmacy, Wayne State University
Tarlise Townsend
Candidate, Joint PhD in Health Policy and Sociology, University of Michigan
Freida Blostein
Epidemiological Science PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
Trevor Goodyear
PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Suzanne Nielsen
Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University