Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants Among Emergency Department Patients With Untreated Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Concurrent use of amphetamine-type stimulants among individuals with opioid use disorder can exacerbate social and medical harms, including overdose risk. The study evaluated rates of amphetamine-type stimulant use among patients with untreated opioid use disorder presenting at emergency departments in Baltimore, MD; New York, NY; Cincinnati, OH; and Seattle, WA.

Methods

Emergency department (ED) patients with untreated opioid use disorder (N=396) and enrolled between February 2017 and January 2019 in a multisite hybrid type III implementation science study were evaluated for concurrent amphetamine-type stimulant use. Individuals with urine tests positive for methamphetamine, amphetamine, or both were compared with amphetamine-type stimulant-negative patients

SUBMITTER: Chawarski MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048036 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature