Dara M Kusic, Jessica Heil, Stefan Zajic, Andrew Brangan, Oluseun Dairo, Stacey Heil, Gerald Feigin, Sherri Kacinko, Russell J Buono, Thomas N Ferraro, Rachel Rafeq, Rachel Haroz, Kaitlan Baston, Elliot Bodofsky, Michael Sabia, Matthew Salzman, Alissa Resch, Jozef Madzo, Laura B Scheinfeldt, Jean-Pierre J Issa, Jaroslav Jelinek
The United States continues to be impacted by decades of an opioid misuse epidemic, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and by the growing prevalence of highly potent synthetic opioids (HPSO) such as fentanyl. In instances of a toxicity event, first-response administration of reversal medications such as naloxone can be insufficient to fully counteract the effects of HPSO, particularly when there is co-occurring substance use. In an effort to characterize and study this multi-faceted problem, the Camden Opioid Research Initiative (CORI) has been formed...
2023: PloS One