オピオイド過剰摂取の再発予防に薬剤が効果(Opioid Overdose Crisis: Medications Prevent Subsequent Overdoses)

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2025-05-28 イェール大学

イェール大学医学部の研究チームは、オピオイド過剰摂取から生還した患者に対する治療法の効果を検証する後ろ向きコホート研究を実施し、メサドンやブプレノルフィンなどの薬物療法が再発リスクを低減することを明らかにしました。この研究では、19か月間にわたり4,000人以上の過剰摂取生存者のデータを分析し、薬物療法を受けた患者は、受けなかった患者に比べて再度の過剰摂取リスクが低いことが示されました。研究の筆頭著者であるベンジャミン・ハウエル医師は、「この実世界での経験は、臨床試験で得られた知見を裏付けるものであり、薬物療法は治療の継続率、薬物使用、犯罪行動、さらには雇用状況など、さまざまな成果を改善することが示されています」と述べています。この研究成果は、2025年5月28日付で『Drug and Alcohol Dependence』誌に掲載されました。

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非致死的オピオイド過剰摂取後の依存症治療の受診とその後の過剰摂取リスク: 後向きコホート研究 Receipt of addiction treatment after nonfatal opioid overdose and risk of subsequent overdose: A retrospective cohort study

Benjamin A. Howell, Anne Black, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Mark A. Liberatore, Christina R. Greene, Gail D’Onofrio, Robert Heimer, Lauretta E. Grau, Kathryn Hawk, David A. Fiellin, William C. Becker
Drug and Alcohol Dependence  Available online: 13 May 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112679

Highlights

  • In overdose survivors, use of methadone or buprenorphine is associated with decreased risk of a subsequent opioid overdose.
  • Use of medically supervised opioid withdrawal or extended inpatient treatment did not reduce risk of a subsequent overdose.
  • Use of prescribed benzodiazepines was associated with higher risk of subsequent overdose.
  • Only 1 in 3 opioid overdose survivors accessed OAT treatment in the 12 months following their overdose.

Abstract

Background

Opioid overdose survivors are at high risk for subsequent overdose. There are few evaluations using real-world data to compare overdose risk after receipt of different addiction treatment modalities.

Objective

To assess the association between receipt of different addiction treatment modalities and risk of subsequent opioid overdose among opioid overdose survivors.

Design

Survival analysis comparing time-to-subsequent overdose within a cohort of opioid overdose survivors using a linked state-wide individual level data of different addiction treatment modalities: opioid agonists treatments (OAT, i.e., methadone or buprenorphine) and non-medication based inpatient addiction treatments (medically supervised opioid withdrawal and extended inpatient treatment).

Subjects

Opioid-involved overdose survivors (N = 4089) admitted to a hospital or emergency department in Connecticut between May 2016 and December 2017

Main measures

Time-to-subsequent overdose (fatal or non-fatal) and time-to-subsequent fatal overdose

Key results

Following the index overdose, 467 (11.4 %) experienced another overdose event within 12 months (87 fatal and 380 non-fatal), 35 % received OAT (25 % buprenorphine and 13 % methadone), and 21 % received inpatient addiction treatment (19 % medically supervised opioid withdrawal and 8 % extended inpatient treatment). In survival analyses adjusted for demographics, incarceration, and receipt of non-OAT opioids or benzodiazepines, receipt of methadone (aHR 0.41, 95 % CI: 0.26–0.66) or buprenorphine (aHR 0.72, 95 % CI: 0.53–0.98) was associated with a decreased risk of subsequent overdose compared to no receipt of methadone or buprenorphine, respectively. Neither medically supervised opioid withdrawal (aHR 1.08, 95 % CI: 0.77–1.50) nor extended inpatient treatment (aHR 0.90, 95 % CI: 0.53–1.54) was associated with reduced risk of subsequent overdose. Neither OAT nor non-medication based inpatient treatment modalities were associated with a change in risk of subsequent fatal overdose; benzodiazepine exposure was associated with increased risk (aHR 2.65, 95 % CI: 1.66–4.23).

Conclusion

Using statewide data, our findings underscore the importance of OAT to reduce risk of subsequent overdose following a non-fatal opioid overdose.

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