 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.
Accidental or deliberate use of a medication or street drug in excess of normal dosage.
| Descriptor ID |
D062787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C25.775.383 E02.319.306.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Overdose- Drug Overdose
- Drug Overdoses
- Overdose, Drug
- Overdoses, Drug
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2011 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2013 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2015 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2016 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 2017 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2018 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2019 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2020 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2021 | 16 | 3 | 19 | | 2022 | 20 | 1 | 21 | | 2023 | 21 | 1 | 22 | | 2024 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2025 | 10 | 8 | 18 | | 2026 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in Profiles.
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Fetters KB, Padmanabhan P, Yamkovoy K, Guan X, Scott SE, Kerr L, Joseph K, Day GL, Plesons M, Bartholomew TS, Tookes HE, Al-Tayyib A, Barocas JA. Projected Outcomes of Reducing Federal Funding for Syringe Service Programs via Executive Order. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jun 01; 9(6):e2619402.
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Nguyen AP, Binswanger IA, Narwaney KJ, Goodrich G, Christine PJ, Campbell CI, Xu S, Loree AM, Glanz JM. Health Plan Disenrollment and Mortality After Initiation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. 2026 May 01; 83(5):491-498.
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Falise AM, Buchanan J, Culbreth R, Levine M, Schwarz E, Aldy K, Campleman S, Krotulski A, Brent J, Wax P, Goodrich W, Manini AF. Levamisole in opioid overdose patients: An evolving adulterant landscape. Addict Behav. 2026 Jul; 178:108671.
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Barbosa C, Chen Q, Sahinkoc M, Zarkin GA, Dowd W, Villani J, Barocas JA, Cerdá M, Chatterjee A, Fareed N, Hyder A, Keyes KM, Larochelle MR, Linas BP, Roberts SM, Schackman BR, Seiber E, Wakeman SE, Knudsen AB, Chhatwal J. Impact of enhanced practices on opioid overdose deaths: A community-based modeling approach. Addiction. 2026 Jul; 121(7):1747-1760.
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Massengill D, Rosenberg L, Forst E, Dickson C, Dillon M, Wang GS. Characterization of fentanyl exposures in children less than 10 years old. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2026 Jul; 64(7):568-575.
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Padmanabhan P, Tin Y, Nall SK, Al-Tayyib A, Yoder T, Yamkovoy K, Fotso K, Christine PJ, Jurecka C, Raville L, Kline DM, Barocas JA. Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2555965.
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Berling I, Yates C, Hoffman RS, Hatten BW, Roberts DM, Wong A, Hoegberg LCG, Lonati D, Ferrer Dufol AMA, Hayes BD, Isbister GK, Paasma R, Heyerdahl F, Mackenzie CA, Othong R, Stanton M, Smith A, Gosselin S. QT interval prolongation in acute antipsychotic poisoning: systematic review and recommendations. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2025 Nov; 63(11):810-837.
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Naik H, Daly-Grafstein D, Hu X, Khan M, Kaasa BM, Brubacher JR, Nasmith T, Lyden JR, Moe J, Crabtree A, Slaunwhite AK, Staples JA. Predicting drug overdose and death after "before medically advised" hospital discharge. CMAJ. 2025 11 10; 197(38):E1247-E1257.
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Jurecka C, Adams J, Padmanabhan P, Glanz J, Christine P, Guan X, Kline D, Binswanger I, Barocas J. Implementation of a Statewide Fentanyl Possession Law and Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Aug 01; 6(8):e252654.
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Culbreth R, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Mycyk MB, Falise A, Brent J, Aldy K, Wax P. Patient Centered Outcomes Research in Medical Toxicology. J Med Toxicol. 2025 Oct; 21(4):414-420.
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