Pain is associated with reduced adherence to safer injection practices among people who inject opioids
O Trent Hall, John A Sturgeon, Jasmin Bradley, Abigail Helm, Johnathan Rausch, Emma Kuloszewski, Megan Deaner, Carlos Malvestutto, Ashley Lipps, Afton Hassett · 2026
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O Trent Hall and colleagues survey in 2026 whether pain erodes safer injection habits among people who inject opioids. A total of 130 people recruited at a syringe service program compared their own practices during best and worst pain over the prior week. Everyone had training and free sterile equipment, which isolates pain as the variable.
At worst pain, participants washed hands less, cleaned the injection site less, and waited less often for a clean safe place. Equipment reuse rose, as did injecting faster or at a higher dose. Pain itself emerges as a harm-reduction target beside equipment supply.
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| CREATOR | O Trent Hall, John A Sturgeon, Jasmin Bradley, Abigail Helm, Johnathan Rausch, Emma Kuloszewski, Megan Deaner, Carlos Malvestutto, Ashley Lipps, Afton Hassett |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26380 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |