"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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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Overdose" by people in Profiles.
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Building and Sustaining Patient Engagement Infrastructure Focused on Overdose Prevention Within a US Veterans Affairs National Research Network. Health Expect. 2026 08; 29(4):e70774.
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Implementation Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Address the Infectious Disease and Overdose Syndemic Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 32(5):797-810.
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Correlates of Rural Naloxone Possession Among People Who Use Drugs: A Multi-State Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Rural Health. 2026 Jun; 42(3):e70187.
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Public Support for Harm Reduction Strategies to Address the Opioid Pandemic in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(10):1719-1727.
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Impact of a brief fentanyl educational intervention on demand for cocaine mixed with fentanyl. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 02 01; 279:113042.
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Advancing research on strategies to reduce drug use and overdose-related harms: a community informed approach to establishing common data elements. Harm Reduct J. 2025 10 15; 22(Suppl 1):169.
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Differences by race and ethnicity in drug use patterns, harm reduction practices and barriers to treatment among people who use drugs in Rhode Island. Harm Reduct J. 2025 03 20; 22(1):38.
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Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 04; 171:209629.
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The CARE Overdose Response Team in Chicago: A Multidisciplinary Out-of-Hospital Post-Opioid Overdose Intervention. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):534-539.
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Agent-Based Model of Combined Community- and Jail-Based Take-Home Naloxone Distribution. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 12 02; 7(12):e2448732.