Publications by authors named "D M Eide"
Scaling up! Staff e-learning for a national take-home naloxone program.
Front Digit Health
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- A new online training course was created in Norway to help people learn about distributing naloxone, which can save lives during opioid overdoses.
- 371 people, mostly nurses and social workers, took the course and showed a big increase in their knowledge about overdoses after finishing it.
- Although 15% of participants distributed naloxone a month later, many had reasons for not doing so, like their clients not wanting it or their workplace not being ready to help.
Background: Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) is an evidence-based treatment option for opioid use disorder (OUD), available in a limited number of countries. Norway implemented a 5-year HAT project in 2022, aiming to assess its effectiveness and its potential integration into the country's OUD treatment system. This study describes and compares patients' baseline characteristics from the Oslo and Bergen HAT clinics, providing a comprehensive picture of the unique population and the real-world application of HAT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Opioid utilization and related harm have increased in recent decades, notably in Australia, the United States, Canada, and some European countries. For people who are prescribed opioids, pharmacies offer an accessible, regular point-of-contact, providing a unique opportunity to address opioid prescription drugs risks.
Objective: This project aimed to develop consensus-based, best practice statements for improving the safer use of prescription opioids through community pharmacy settings.
Aims: To measure all-cause mortality risk after an ambulance-attended non-fatal opioid overdose and associations with number of days following attendance, and individual and clinical characteristics.
Design: A prospective observational study.
Setting: Oslo, Norway.