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ArticleSubstance abuse2022

Increasing preference for fentanyl among a cohort of people who use opioids in Vancouver, Canada, 2017-2018.

Sarah Ickowicz, Thomas Kerr, Cameron Grant, M-J Milloy, Evan Wood, Kanna Hayashi

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Article in Substance abuse, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah IckowiczBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0562-8035
Thomas KerrBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0870-7153
Cameron GrantBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3281-073X
M-J MilloyBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3821-6221
Evan WoodBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kanna HayashiBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3843-2928
University of British Columbia · CASimon Fraser University · CASt. Paul's Hospital · CA

Funding

Vancouver Drug Users Study: The Impacts of Evolving Drug Use Patterns on HIV/AIDSU01DA038886 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI DEBECK, KORA, HAYASHI, KANNA · 2015 to 2024
$12.1M
Impacts of universal access to HIV/AIDS care among HIV+ injection drug usersU01DA021525 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI MILLOY, M-J · 2017 to 2024
$4.3M
Mentoring the next generation of addiction clinician scientists while responding to the opioid epidemicR25DA037756 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI FAIRBAIRN, NADIA · 2014 to 2023
$3.6M
CIHR MSH-141971CIHR SMN–139148NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA037756NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA021525NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA038886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Drug OverdoseIllicit DrugsSubstance Abuse, IntravenousAnalgesics, OpioidCanadaCohort StudiesFentanylHumansMaleProspective StudiesAnalgesics, OpioidFentanylIllicit Drugsdrug preferenceFentanylopioidsoverdosepeople who use drugs

Identifiers

PMID34283705
PMCPMC8881085
OpenAlexW3185618252

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Registered trials

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