Sunday 27 January 2019

Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the lining of the heart, possibly linked to increasing use of the opioid hydromorphone. The study is published in CMAJ.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2sSDA8A

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