Characterizing non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in India: prevalence and risk factor analysis, 2022-2024
We observed a variable burden of non-fatal overdose associated with high injection frequency, combination drug use, alcohol use, attending medical detoxification, and depressive symptoms. Low levels of subsequent linkage to treatment services suggest opportunities to improve overdose prevention and management.
Authors
- Aylur K. Srikrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0533-6836)
- Shruti H. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-0959)
- Allison M. McFall
- Jiban Baishya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8435-2721)
- Gregory M. Lucas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-4339)
- Ashwini Kedar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-7574)
- Sunil S. Solomon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-1514)
- Lakshmi Ganapathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-0834)
- Talia A. Loeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-0661)
- Mihili P Gunaratne
- A. K. Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5625-5078)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105073
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00