When Epidemics Collide: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the Opioid Crisis.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7326/M20-1210 and PMC identifier 7138333.
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Abstract
COVID-19 could cause infection in persons with opioid use disorder, increase opioid overdose rates, reverse system-level gains in expanding access to medication for opioid use disorder, halt critical research, and prevent exacting legal reparations against opioid manufacturers. The authors call for urgent action to counteract these risks.
Medical subject headings
- Betacoronavirus
- Coronavirus Infections
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Opioid Epidemic
- Opioid-Related Disorders
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Telemedicine