在城市注射器服务计划参与者中,对注射性阿片类激素治疗与水利摩尔的高度兴趣
Aaron D Fox1,2, Lindsey Riback1,2, Andres Perez-Correa1,2
1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Substance use & addiction journal
|January 23, 2024
概括
在纽约市,注射性阿片类药物激动剂治疗与水利摩尔 (iOAT-H) 在注射性药物使用障碍 (OUD) 患者 (PWID) 中表现出高度兴趣. 许多PWID表达了对当前治疗方法的不满,表明需要IOAT-H.
科学领域:
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 注射性阿片类激素治疗与水利摩尔 (iOAT-H) 是一个有效的治疗阿片类药物使用障碍 (OUD) 在注射毒品的人 (PWID).
- 目前iOAT-H在美国无法使用,这限制了PWID的治疗选择.
研究的目的:
- 评估PWID与OUD参加注射器服务计划 (SSP) 的PWID对iOAT-H的兴趣.
- 确定对IOAT-H感兴趣的PWID的特征及其治疗偏好.
主要方法:
- 从纽约市的SSP招募了PWID与OUD.
- 使用4分级别对iOAT-H的评估兴趣.
- 对社会人口统计,海洛因使用,公共注射和非法活动有兴趣与无兴趣的参与者进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在108名参与者中,有65%的人对IOAT-H表示兴趣.
- 感兴趣的参与者报告了更高的海洛因使用率,公共注射和非法活动.
- 首选的OUD治疗包括IOAT-H (43%),甲 (39%) 和布普伦诺芬 (9%).
结论:
- 在SSP中使用OUD的PWID对iOAT-H表现出显著的兴趣.
- 参与者经常发现传统的OUD治疗方法不足,尽管之前尝试过.
- iOAT-H可能会使高风险的PWID受益,他们对现有治疗没有充分反应.
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