Compared with other antidiabetes medications, semaglutide linked to lower risk for patients with comorbid opioid use disorder
BMA discharge also associated with increases in subsequent emergency department visits and unplanned hospital readmissions
Significant increase seen in prepandemic EMS encounters, followed by immediate, significant increase with pandemic interruption
Men had higher overdose rates for all substances apart from opioids and psychotropics
Authors call for more efforts to screen for and treat co-occurring disorders
Overdose deaths have increased fourfold during the past two decades in the United States
More robust weekly benefit allowance replacement rate linked to fewer fatal overdoses in pre-COVID-19, COVID-19 periods
Mean quoted out-of-pocket cost decreased pre- to post-OTC availability, with higher mean costs at independent pharmacies
