Vivian W L Tsang, James S H Wong, Jean N Westenberg, Noor H Ramadhan, Hasti Fadakar, Mohammadali Nikoo, Victor W Li, Nick Mathew, Pouya Azar, Kerry L Jang, Reinhard M Krausz
OBJECTIVES: Fentanyl is a highly potent opioid and has, until recently, been considered an unwanted contaminant in the street drug supply among people who use drugs (PWUD). However, it has become a drug of choice for an increasing number of individuals. This systematic review evaluated intentional non-medical fentanyl use among PWUD, specifically by summarizing demographic variance, reasons for use, and resulting patterns of use. METHODS: The search strategy was developed with a combination of free text keywords and MeSH and non-MeSH keywords, and adapted with database-specific filters to Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and PsychINFO...
2024: Frontiers in Psychiatry