Drug overdoses in a Canadian city.

Prescription drug overdoses: a review.

PROBLEM Overdoses involving prescription drugs in the United States have reached epidemic proportions over the past 20 years. METHODS This review categorizes and summarizes literature on the topic dating from the first published reports through 2011 using a traditional epidemiologic model of host, agent, and environment. RESULTS Host factors include male sex, middle age, non-Hispanic white ...

Management of drug overdoses.

Drug involvement in fatal overdoses

Death certificate data from the Multiple Cause of Death (MCOD) files were analyzed to better understand the drug categories most responsible for the increase in fatal overdoses occurring between 1999 and 2014. Statistical adjustment methods were used to account for the understatement in reported drug involvement occurring because death certificates frequently do not specify which drugs were inv...

On endocrinology and drug overdoses.

It's time for Canadian community early warning systems for illicit drug overdoses

Although fatal and non-fatal overdoses represent a significant source of morbidity and mortality, current systems of surveillance and communication in Canada provide inadequate measurement of drug trends and lack a timely response to drug-related hazards. In order for an effective early warning system for illicit drug overdoses to become a reality, a number of elements will be required: real-ti...