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The importance of drug checking programs to prevent #overdose in the #fentanyl era w/ commentary by Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH, Jody Rich & a mom who would love to have her son back. #harmreduction #opioids npr.org/sections/shots…

Yes, #fentanyl increases #OD risk, but Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH & our team report Clinical Infectious Diseases that it also predicts higher risk of #HepC acquisition among ppl who use drugs. This has implications for #harmreduction & treatment of #HCV & #opioid use disorder. rb.gy/kbz9j5

New evidence that the transition to illicit fentanyl may be behind rising HCV rates in the US. In a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs, those using fentanyl were much more likely to contract HCV Published today Clinical Infectious Diseases w/ Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️ academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

🆕 #NIDA-supported research in Clinical Infectious Diseases: Illicit fentanyl use and hepatitis c virus seroconversion among people who inject drugs in Tijuana and San Diego: Results from a binational cohort study. UC San Diego loom.ly/NdoDlNw

Awesome #OpEd by Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH & Tara Stamos-Buesig from #HarmReduction Coalition of #SanDiego on small gains to reduce #overdose deaths & the need for #drugchecking services to save even more in this era of toxic synthetic drug supplies. sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/08/20/opi…

Out today in San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion, Tara Stamos and my update on the overdose crisis in San Diego. Death numbers are steadying, but a host of new synthetic drugs are taking root in the region. sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/08/20/opi…

Xylazine from Philly to Tijuana:Epidemiological Trends and Clinical Management Today at noon PT! uclahs.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Excellent example of cross-border research led by Dr Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH a resident examining: Illicit Fentanyl Use and Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana and San Diego: Results From a Binational Cohort Study #fentanyl pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39078273/

With emerging signs that fentanyl is becoming more common in Latin America--but limited official mortality records--linked EMS and emergency department data systems offer great potential for overdose outbreak monitoring. Editorial in AJPH: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epub/10.21…

US overdose deaths are dropping. Is California following? laist.com/news/health/la… with remarks by Ricky N. Bluthenthal & Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH More effort to reach Black and Latinx people who are at risk for overdose are needed.

California is “the state with the single highest number of overdoses. Really, the single most important place to tackle the overdose crisis, I would argue, is California. We’re the overdose capital of the world.” laist.com/news/health/la…

1/🧵Fact: US doctors reduced #opioid prescribing far more quickly than they increased opioid prescribing in the first place It's almost never reported by the media. Let's see the data, then talk about what happened..

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