ArticleInjury epidemiology2019
Prescription opioids, alcohol and fatal motor vehicle crashes: a population-based case-control study.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Potential for Harm Associated with Discharge Opioids After Hospital Stay: A Systematic Review.Drugs · 2020Pooled it
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- Substance use and pre-hospital crash injury severity among U.S. older adults: A five-year national cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Causal Inference with Case-Only Studies in Injury Epidemiology Research.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Article
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- Opioids and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collision: A Systematic Review.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2022Review
- Use of potentially driver-impairing drugs among older drivers.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Do opioid prescriptions lead to fatal car crashes?American journal of health economics · 2022Article
- Opioids and Injury Deaths: A population-based analysis of the United States from 2006 to 2017.Injury · 2021Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Hard Braking Events in Older Drivers.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Return to Driving After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Review
- Alarming Rate of Substance Use in Motor Vehicle Collisions at an Appalachian Trauma Center.Cureus · 2020Article
- Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: When is it Safe to Drive After Total Ankle Arthroplasty?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Article
- The Trends in Opioid Use in Castile and Leon, Spain: A Population-Based Registry Analysis of Dispensations in 2015 to 2018.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- State marijuana laws and opioid overdose mortality.Injury epidemiology · 2019Review
- Alcohol-Related Care Among Veterans With Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The Role of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Receipt.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of prescription opioid use among drivers has increased markedly in the past two decades. The purpose of this study is to assess the associations of prescription opioid use and alcohol use with the risk of fatal crash involvement in US drivers.
methodsWe performed a population-based case-control study using toxicological testing data from two national data systems. Cases (
resultsOverall, cases were significantly more likely than controls to test positive for prescription opioids (5.0% vs. 3.7%,
conclusionsPrescription opioid use is associated with a significantly increased risk of fatal crash involvement independently of alcohol use. Concurrent use of prescription opioids and alcohol is associated with a 21-fold increased risk of fatal crash involvement.
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