ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2015
Impact of binge alcohol on mortality among people who inject drugs.
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- Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
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- Crack cocaine use frequency is associated with HIV disease severity independent of antiretroviral therapy exposure: a prospective cohort study.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Concurrent Alcohol and Opioid Use Among Harm Reduction Clients.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Heavy Alcohol Use Among People Receiving Methadone Following Change to Methadose.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Alcohol Use among Persons on Methadone Treatment.Addictive disorders & their treatment · 2017Article
- The effects of alcohol on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus infection in females versus males.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Observational
- Hazardous Alcohol Use Associated with Increased Sexual Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2016Article
- Reducing rates of preventable HIV/AIDS-associated mortality among people living with HIV who inject drugs.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2016Review
- The Impact of Enrolment in Methadone Maintenance Therapy on Initiation of Heavy Drinking among People Who Use Heroin.European addiction research · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionWhile the impacts of illicit drug use on mortality have been well described, the impact of poly-substance that includes alcohol has received less attention. We examined the impact of binge alcohol use on mortality among a cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID) in a Canadian setting.
methodsUsing data derived from a prospective cohort study of PWID in Vancouver, Canada recruited between May 1996 and November 2013. We ascertained dates and causes of death through a confidential linkage with the provincial registry and examined the impact of binge alcohol use. The primary outcome of interest was all-cause mortality. We used Cox proportional hazard regression to determine factors associated with mortality, including socio-demographic characteristics, drug use patterns and other risk behaviours.
resultsDuring the study period, 2550 individuals were followed (844 of whom were HIV positive at baseline) for a median of 75.4 months (interquartile range 37.9 113.2). Of these, 795 (31%) participants reported binge alcohol use at some time during the study period. In multivariable analyses, binge alcohol use remained independently associated with all-cause-mortality (adjusted hazard ratio=1.41; 95% confidence interval: 1.06-1.88) after adjustment for other drug use patterns.
conclusionsBinge alcohol use was associated with time to all-cause mortality among PWID in this setting. Since alcohol use is often overlooked as a risk factor for mortality among this population, these findings highlight the continued need to incorporate addiction treatment and public health interventions and policies that address binge alcohol use to reduce alcohol related-harms.
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