Clean syringes seem counterintuitive to fentanyl fight. But needle exchange saves lives.
In the fight against fentanyl, a clean syringe can be a lifesaving connection. SSPs cut HIV, hepatitis transmission and reduce public needles litter.
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In the fight against fentanyl, a clean syringe can be a lifesaving connection. SSPs cut HIV, hepatitis transmission and reduce public needles litter.
Syringe exchange services have been a controversial resource option to battling West Virginia's drug epidemic, so much so, that a proposed house bill would ban these programs within the state if passed.
A report from the Hawai‘i Department of Health emphasizes the importance of syringe exchange programs in eliminating infectious diseases like hepatitis C among people who use drugs, addressing the need for additional services to improve health outcomes.
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Researchers analyzed participants in a 3-year extension of the phase 3 CO-STAR trial that evaluated elbasvir and grazoprevir in people consistently taking opioid agonist therapy.