Open AccessOpioid Agonist Treatments and Heroin Overdose Deaths in Baltimore, Maryland, 1995–2009
Author(s) -
Robert P. Schwartz,
Jan Gryczynski,
Kevin E. O’Grady,
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
Gregory Warren,
Yngvild Olsen,
Shan Gwin Mitchell,
Jerome H. Jaffe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301049
Subject(s) - heroin , buprenorphine , methadone , medicine , drug overdose , opioid overdose , opioid use disorder , opioid , poison control , anesthesia , emergency medicine , psychiatry , (+) naloxone , drug , receptor
We examined the association between the expansion of methadone and buprenorphine treatment and the prevalence of heroin overdose deaths in Baltimore, Maryland from 1995 to 2009.