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When Epidemics Collide: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the Opioid Crisis

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: COVID-19 could cause infection in persons with opioid use disorder, increase opioid overdose rates, reverse system-level gains in expanding access to medication for opioid use disorder, halt critical research, and prevent exacting legal reparations against opioid manufacturers. The authors call for urgent action to counteract these risks.

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.7326/m20-1210

Authors: William C. Becker, David A. Fiellin

Institutions: Yale University, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences