Drug Overdose

"Drug Overdose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Accidental or deliberate use of a medication or street drug in excess of normal dosage.

Descriptor ID	D062787
MeSH Number(s)	C25.775.383 E02.319.306.500.500
Concept/Terms	Drug Overdose Drug Overdose Drug Overdoses Overdose, Drug Overdoses, Drug

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Drug Overdose".

Diseases [C]
Chemically-Induced Disorders [C25]
Substance-Related Disorders [C25.775]
Drug Overdose [C25.775.383]
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Drug Therapy [E02.319]
Drug Misuse [E02.319.306]
Prescription Drug Misuse [E02.319.306.500]
Drug Overdose [E02.319.306.500.500]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Overdose" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 88 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2003	0	2	2
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	1	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	2	4
2017	3	2	5
2018	4	2	6
2019	3	2	5
2020	6	4	10
2021	7	1	8
2022	7	0	7
2023	12	0	12
2024	6	3	9
2025	3	1	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in Profiles.

Rettger B, Chapman BP, Krotulski A, Gigliotti R, Polackal J, Olabisi D, Nguyen J, Cotoni B, Hunter M, Merchant RC, Walton S, Logan BK, Martinez PM, Weisberg SN, Broach JP, Babu KM. Identifying the Local Emergence of Medetomidine Through Prehospital Collaborations. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):338-342.

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Broach JP, Rettger B, Gigliotti R, Chapman BP, Joseph J, Smiley A, Hunter M, Soucie N, Gross K, Babu KM, Weisberg SN. Creating Opioid Response Specialists: A Harm Reduction Initiative. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):540-545.

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Bayly R, Cordes J, Bernson D, Ackerson LK, LaRochelle MR, Hassan GH, Bauer CX, Stopka TJ. Predicting fatal opioid-involved overdoses: A social-ecological framework matched to a linked-data warehouse. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Mar; 137:104730.

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Jenkins WD, Beach LB, Schneider J, Friedman SR, Pho MT, Walters S, Ezell J, Young AM, Hennessy C, Miller WC, Go VF, Sun C, Seal DW, Westergaard RP, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Ruderman SA, Fletcher S, Ma J, Delaney JA, Plaisance K, Feinberg J, Smith GS, Korthuis PT, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Zule W, Winer M. Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Apr; 171:209629.

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Chatterjee A, Stewart EA, Assoumou SA, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Zwick H, Harris RA, O'Dea R, Schackman BR, White LF, Linas BP. Health and Economic Outcomes of Offering Buprenorphine in Homeless Shelters in Massachusetts. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2437233.

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Benz MB, Rafferty NS, Arias SA, Rabasco A, Miller I, Weinstock LM, Boudreaux ED, Camargo CA, Gaudiano BA. Means to an end: Characteristics and follow-up of emergency department patients with a history of suicide attempt via medication overdose. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Feb; 32(2):147-157.

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Perera PS, Miller VE, Fitch KV, Swilley-Martinez ME, Rosen DL, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Marshall BDL, Pence BW, Kavee AL, Proescholdbell SK, Martin RA, Peiper LJ, Ranapurwala SI. Medicaid Expansion and Mortality Among Persons Who Were Formerly Incarcerated. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2429454.

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Michener PS, Bianchet E, Fox S, Evans EA, Friedmann PD. "Expected to happen": perspectives on post-release overdose from recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder. Harm Reduct J. 2024 07 22; 21(1):138.

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Englander H, Chappuy M, Krawczyck N, Bratberg J, Potee R, Jauffret-Roustide M, Rolland B. Comparing methadone policy and practice in France and the US: Implications for US policy reform. Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Jul; 129:104487.

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Sibley AL, Klein E, Cooper HLF, Livingston MD, Baker R, Walters SM, Gicquelais RE, Ruderman SA, Friedmann PD, Jenkins WD, Go VF, Miller WC, Westergaard RP, Crane HM. The relationship between felt stigma and non-fatal overdose among rural people who use drugs. Harm Reduct J. 2024 04 06; 21(1):77.

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