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16956872

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The relation between illicit drug dependence and the likelihood of drug overdose is unclear. We recruited 1,066 habitual drug users for this analysis through street-based outreach in New York City. In this sample, 99.3% of respondents used heroin in the past year and 87.1% of respondents used cocaine; 819 (77.5%) heroin users and 735 (79.2%) cocaine users were severely dependent on either drug respectively. In multivariable models, among heroin users, persons who were severely heroin dependent were less likely (OR = 0.6; 95% CI = 0.4-0.9) to have overdosed on any drug in the past year; among cocaine users, those who were severely cocaine dependent were more likely (OR = 1.6; 95% CI = 1.0-2.6) to have overdosed in the past year. The relation between illicit drug dependence and risk of overdose may vary for different patterns of drug dependence. These observations suggest that overdose prevention interventions, perhaps even those specifically targeting opiate overdose, may be more efficiently directed at individuals exhibiting cocaine dependence.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1055-0887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Heroin and cocaine dependence and the risk of accidental non-fatal drug overdose.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1214 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA. sgalea@umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural