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Hepatitis B Topics HBV Populations Injection Drug Users
Hepatitis B Topics HBV Populations Injection Drug Users
Naloxone Is Cost-effective Way to Prevent Heroin Overdose Deaths
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- Category: Injection Drug Users
- Published on Thursday, 03 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Distributing naloxone more widely to heroin users would reduce the number of deaths due to overdose and would be a cost-effective intervention, according to a mathematical model described in the January 1, 2013,Annals of Internal Medicine. Providing naloxone to prescription opiate users would prevent even more deaths.
10 Million Injection Drug Users May Have Hepatitis B or C
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- Category: Hepatitis B
- Published on Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Approximately 10 million injection drug users (IDUs) worldwide might be infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and more than 1 million may be living with hepatitis B, according to a meta-analysis of data from over 70 countries published in the July 28, 2011, advance online edition of The Lancet. 
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