The physical health of people who inject drugs: complexities, challenges, and continuity

Managing physical health problems in people who inject drugs.

48 British Journal of General Practice, January 2016 INTRODUCTION GPs have an important role in addressing the physical health complications of illicit drug use and in particular in people who inject drugs (PWID). Managing these morbidities is within the remit of every GP and does not require any special interest or knowledge.1 A balance will need to be struck between trying to accomplish too m...

profile of people who inject drugs in tehran, iran

the marked shift in the patterns of drug use in iran, from opium smoking to injecting drug use, has led to serious health-related outcomes. this study was designed to explore characteristics of people who inject drugs (pwid) in tehran, iran. nine hundred and four pwid were recruited from treatment and harm reduction facilities, as well as drug user hangouts in public areas in tehran. participan...

Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

BACKGROUND Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use. We aimed to estimate the size of the population of people who inject drugs in Australia. METHODS We applied a multiplier method which used benchma...

Commentary: the value of PrEP for people who inject drugs

INTRODUCTION The offer of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as an additional option for HIV prevention for people at substantial risk of HIV infection as part of combination HIV prevention approaches. Implementing this depends on integrating PrEP in public health programmes that address risky practices with evidence-based interventions, and that operate in an enabling legal and pol...

Managing tuberculosis in people who use and inject illicit drugs.