URINE TOXICOLOGY PROFILES OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS WITH UNTREATED OPIOID USE DISORDER: A MULTI-SITE VIEW.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid overdose deaths in 2021 were the highest ever, driven by fentanyl and polysubstance use.

Objective

The aim of the study was to characterize drug use, assessed by urine drug screens (UDSs), in patients with untreated opioid use disorder (OUD) presenting to 28 emergency departments (EDs) nationally and by region.

Methods

We analyzed UDSs from patients enrolled in the CTN-0099 ED-INNOVATION (Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Validation) trial between July 12, 2020 and March 9, 2022. Participants were adult ED patients with OUD not engaged in addiction treatment with a UDS positive for an opioid, but negative for methadone. Sites were divided into "East" and "West" regions.

Results

A UDS was available for all 925 enrolled participants,

SUBMITTER: Cowan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10591927 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature