Medical Complications of Injection Drug Use - Part II

NEJM Evid. 2023 Mar;2(3):EVIDra2300019. doi: 10.1056/EVIDra2300019. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Abstract

Medical Complications of Injection Drug Use - Part IIDuring the past 2 decades, the risk of death, as well as the prevalence of hospitalizations in the United States, has increased substantially among people who inject drugs, mainly because of the opioid epidemic. In Part Two of this two-part review, the authors review complications observed in people who inject drugs and strategies to reduce harm.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Epidemics*
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous* / complications
  • United States

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid