1,144 top medical experts on Intravenous Substance Abuse across 82 countries and 48 U.S. states, including 1,023 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Intravenous Substance Abuse: Abuse, overuse, or misuse of a substance by its injection into a vein.
  2. Clinical guidelines are the recommended starting point to understand initial steps and current protocols in any disease or procedure:
  3. Broader Categories (#Experts): Substance-Related Disorders (5,485).
  4. Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov : at least 24 including 17 Completed, 3 Recruiting
  5. Synonyms: Intravenous Drug Abuse,  Parenteral Drug Abuse,  Intravenous Drug Abuse


  

        

                    


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  1. Grebely, Jason   Google Publications
    Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Antiviral Agents; Hepatitis C, Chronic; HIV Infections; Hepacivirus
    Categories: Complications; Epidemiology; Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use; Prevention & Control; Psychology
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. (2013)

  2. Hickman, Matthew   Google Publications
    Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; HIV Infections; Antiviral Agents; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Opiate Substitution Treatment
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Therapeutic Use; Statistics & Numerical Data; Drug Therapy
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage. (2010)

  3. Degenhardt, Louisa   Google Publications
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; HIV Infections; Analgesics, Opioid; Drug Overdose; Hepatitis B
    Categories: Epidemiology; Prevention & Control; Statistics & Numerical Data; Complications; Administration & Dosage; Mortality
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic reviews. (2011)

  4. Vickerman, Peter   Google Publications
    Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; HIV Infections; Antiviral Agents; Needle-Exchange Programs; Hepatitis C, Chronic
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Therapeutic Use; Drug Therapy; Economics
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. (2013)

  5. Dore, Gregory J  Google Publications
    Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Antiviral Agents; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Hepacivirus; HIV Infections
    Categories: Complications; Epidemiology; Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use; Psychology; Prevention & Control
    Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. (2013)
    Elbasvir-Grazoprevir to Treat Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Randomized Trial. (2016)

  6. Strathdee, Steffanie Anne   Google Publications
    Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: .
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Drug Users; Sex Workers; Hepatitis C; Sex Work
    Categories: Epidemiology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Psychology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Methods
    HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage. (2010)
    Challenges posed by COVID-19 to people who inject drugs and lessons from other outbreaks. (2020)

  7. Wood, Evan   Google Publications
    British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, 1045 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, 10thFloor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Drug Users; Homeless Youth; Needle-Exchange Programs; Illicit Drugs
    Categories: Epidemiology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Psychology; Complications; Drug Therapy; Administration & Dosage
    Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study. (2011)
    Non-fatal overdose as a risk factor for subsequent fatal overdose among people who inject drugs. (2016)

  8. Altice, Frederick L   Infectious Disease   Google Publications
    Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, New Haven, CT, USA.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 68/100
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 20 biomedical companies, totalling $23,998.43, including $21,860.93 from  Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Opioid-Related Disorders; Prisoners; Analgesics, Opioid; Opiate Substitution Treatment
    Categories: Epidemiology; Psychology; Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use; Statistics & Numerical Data; Complications
    Elbasvir-Grazoprevir to Treat Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Randomized Trial. (2016)
    The perfect storm: incarceration and the high-risk environment perpetuating transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. (2016)

  9. Ward, John W   Internal Medicine  Google Publications
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
    Physician  Highly Cited 
    Subjects: Hepatitis C; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Analgesics, Opioid; HIV Infections; Population Surveillance; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Economics; Methods; Transmission
    Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014. (2018)
    Increases in hepatitis C virus infection related to injection drug use among persons aged ≤30 years - Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2012. (2015)

  10. Hutchinson, Sharon J   Google Publications
    Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Needle-Exchange Programs; Antiviral Agents; Drug Users; Hepatitis C, Chronic
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Statistics & Numerical Data; Psychology; Drug Therapy
    Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. (2013)
    Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta-analysis. (2018)

  11. Hellard, Margaret E   Google Publications
    Disease Elimination Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Antiviral Agents; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Hepacivirus; Drug Users
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Therapeutic Use; Psychology; Drug Therapy; Prevention & Control
    Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. (2013)
    Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for hepatitis C virus infection in people with recent injection drug use (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, single-arm, phase 4, multicentre trial. (2018)

  12. Bruneau, Julie   Google Publications
    Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier de lUniversité de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: .
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Antiviral Agents; HIV Infections; Hepacivirus
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Psychology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Therapeutic Use; Drug Therapy
    Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta-analysis. (2018)
    Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis. (2012)

  13. Milloy, Michael John   Google Publications
    British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, 400-1045 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2A9, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317 - 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. Electronic address: .
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Drug Users; Anti-HIV Agents; Opioid-Related Disorders; Hepatitis C
    Categories: Psychology; Epidemiology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Complications; Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use
    Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study. (2011)
    Non-fatal overdose as a risk factor for subsequent fatal overdose among people who inject drugs. (2016)

  14. Kirk, Gregory D   Infectious Disease   Google Publications
    Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Medical school: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (MD, 1993)
    Medicare Accepted
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Drug Users; HIV-1; Aging; Risk-Taking
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Statistics & Numerical Data; Immunology; Mortality; Psychology
    Frailty, HIV infection, and mortality in an aging cohort of injection drug users. (2013)
    Longitudinal changes in engagement in care and viral suppression for HIV-infected injection drug users. (2013)

  15. Des, Jarlais Don C   Google Publications
    New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, United States of America.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Hepatitis C; Drug Users; Epidemics; Needle-Exchange Programs
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Prevention & Control; Statistics & Numerical Data; Psychology; Genetics
    Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic reviews. (2011)
    A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to prevent hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs. (2011)

  16. Montaner, Julio S G   Google Publications
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Pauls Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; HIV Infections; Drug Users; Homeless Youth; Hepatitis C; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Statistics & Numerical Data; Drug Therapy; Psychology; Therapeutic Use
    Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study. (2011)
    HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. (2017)

  17. Cunningham, Evan B   Google Publications
    Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Antiviral Agents; HIV Infections; Hepacivirus
    Categories: Epidemiology; Complications; Therapeutic Use; Drug Therapy; Administration & Dosage; Virology
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. (2017)

  18. Larney, Sarah   Google Publications
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Département de Médecine Famille et de Médecine dUrgence, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de lUniversité de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; HIV Infections; Hepatitis B; Soft Tissue Infections; Antiviral Agents
    Categories: Epidemiology; Prevention & Control; Complications; Blood; Statistics & Numerical Data; Diagnosis
    Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review. (2017)
    Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. (2017)

  19. Maher, Louise   Google Publications
    Faculty of Medicine, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: .
    Scientist  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Case Reports  Review 
    Subjects: Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Hepatitis C; HIV Infections; Needle-Exchange Programs; Drug Users; Needle Sharing
    Categories: Epidemiology; Psychology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Complications; Prevention & Control; Drug Therapy
    Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta-analysis. (2018)
    Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs. (2017)

  20. Brooks, John T   Infectious Disease  Google Publications
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
    Physician  Highly Cited 
    Subjects: HIV Infections; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Disease Outbreaks; HIV-1; Hepatitis C; Population Surveillance
    Categories: Complications; Epidemiology; Genetics; Transmission; Prevention & Control; Administration & Dosage
    HIV Infection Linked to Injection Use of Oxymorphone in Indiana, 2014-2015. (2016)
    County-Level Vulnerability Assessment for Rapid Dissemination of HIV or HCV Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs, United States. (2016)

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