Journal article
Opioid use and risk of liver fibrosis in HIV/hepatitis C virus‐coinfected patients in Canada
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Opioid use and opioid-related mortality have increased dramatically since the 1990s in North America. The effect of opioids on the liver is incompletely understood. Some studies have suggested that opioids cause liver damage and others have failed to show any harm. HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected persons may be particularly vulnerable to factors increasing liver fibrosis. We aimed to describe opioid use in an …
Authors
Brunet L; Moodie E; Cox J; Gill J; Cooper C; Walmsley S; Rachlis A; Hull M; Klein M; Investigators CCCS
Journal
HIV Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 36–45
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2016
DOI
10.1111/hiv.12279
ISSN
1464-2662