Cardiovascular disease among people with drug use disorders

Birgitte Thylstrup (), Thomas Clausen () and Morten Hesse ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 6, 659-668

Abstract: Patients injecting drugs using prescribed methadone were at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease and should be monitored for CVD. Opioid medications should be evaluated in terms of their cardiovascular sequelae. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Methadone; Injection drug use; Substance abuse treatment; Opioids; Amphetamine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0698-3

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