ICUDDR-Logo click for home.

< Back to All Resources

Concurrent use of opioids and stimulants and risk of fatal overdose: A cohort study

Stimulant use has been rising among people with opioid use disorder in recent years in North America, alongside a parallel rise in illicit drug toxicity (overdose) deaths. This study aimed to examine the association between stimulant use and overdose mortality.



Results:  People who used both opioids and stimulants had more than twice the hazard of fatal overdose (HR: 2.02, 95% CI: 1.47-2.78, p < 0.001) compared to people who used opioids only. The hazard of death increased over time among people who used both opioids and stimulants.


https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14506-w

Materials

Adobe PDF Open Access PDF
Concurrent use of opioids and stimulants and risk of fatal overdose: A cohort study

Related Topics