The rising prevalence of prescription opioid injection and its association with hepatitis C incidence among street-drug users
Addiction, 06/15/2012
Bruneau J et al. – Prescription opioid injectors who do not inject heroin are at greater risk for HCV seroconversion than are those injecting both heroin and prescription opioids. Important differences in age, behaviour and social context suggest a need for targeted outreach strategies to this population.



