title: HIV prevention and treatment strategies can help address the overdose crisis.
abstract: Since the 1990s, effective HIV prevention and treatment strategies have been coordinated and implemented in the United States, resulting in substantial reductions in HIV-related death and HIV transmission among people who use injection drugs. During the same period, despite substantial long-term funding of War on Drugs policies, opioid addiction, driven by increased prescription opioid use and heroin accessibility, has made overdose the leading cause of accidental injury death in the United States. This commentary describes how the prevention and treatment successes among people who use drugs in the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be applied to address the opioid overdose crisis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center. Electronic address: awalley@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Walley
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000506:poisoning; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009270:Naloxone
keywords: HIV; Naloxone; Opioids; Overdose