User profiles for Phillip O. Coffin

Phillip Coffin

Substance Use Research Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Verified email at ucsf.edu
Cited by 6556

Opiates, cocaine and alcohol combinations in accidental drug overdose deaths in New York City, 1990–98

PO Coffin, S Galea, J Ahern, AC Leon, D Vlahov… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Accidental drug overdose contributes substantially to mortality among drug users. Multi‐drug
use has been documented as a key risk factor in overdose and overdose mortality in …

Cost-effectiveness of distributing naloxone to heroin users for lay overdose reversal

PO Coffin, SD Sullivan - Annals of internal medicine, 2013 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement . Chinese translation Background: Opioid overdose is a leading cause of …

Naloxone for heroin, prescription opioid, and illicitly made fentanyl overdoses: challenges and innovations responding to a dynamic epidemic

N Fairbairn, PO Coffin, AY Walley - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Community-based overdose prevention programs first emerged in the 1990’s and are now
the leading public health intervention for overdose. Key elements of these programs are …

Nonrandomized intervention study of naloxone coprescription for primary care patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for pain

PO Coffin, E Behar, C Rowe, GM Santos… - Annals of internal …, 2016 - acpjournals.org
Background: Unintentional overdose involving opioid analgesics is a leading cause of injury-related
death in the United States. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effect of …

Identifying injection drug users at risk of nonfatal overdose

PO Coffin, M Tracy, A Bucciarelli… - Academic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives:Drug overdose is the second leading cause of accidental deaths among US adults
aged 15–64 years. Emergency physicians have a unique opportunity to provide overdose …

Anatomical basis for cannabinoid-induced antinociception as revealed by intracerebral microinjections

WJ Martin, PO Coffin, E Attias, M Balinsky, K Tsou… - Brain research, 1999 - Elsevier
Cannabinoids suppress behavioral and neurophysiological responses to noxious stimuli in
rodents when administered systemically. The purpose of this study was to extend previous …

“Hooked on” prescription-type opiates prior to using heroin: results from a survey of syringe exchange clients

…, M Hanrahan, JO Merrill, PO Coffin - … of psychoactive drugs, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The availability and diversion of prescription-type opioids increased dramatically in the first
decade of the twenty-first century. One possible consequence of increased prescription …

Police officers' and paramedics' experiences with overdose and their knowledge and opinions of Washington State's drug overdose–naloxone–Good Samaritan law

…, L Beletsky, JA Schoeppe, PO Coffin… - Journal of Urban …, 2013 - Springer
Opioid overdoses are an important public health concern. Concerns about police involvement
at overdose events may decrease calls to 911 for emergency medical care thereby …

An examination of the central sites of action of cannabinoid-induced antinociception in the rat

WJ Martin, SL Patrick, PO Coffin, K Tsou, JM Walker - Life sciences, 1995 - Elsevier
Microinjections of low doses of the potent and selective cannabinoids WIN 55,212-2 and CP
55,940 into the lateral ventricle produce long-lasting reduction in sensitivity to noxious …

Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: implications for intervention

…, TM Piper, D Ompad, A Bucciarelli, PO Coffin… - Drug and alcohol …, 2005 - Elsevier
Drug users frequently witness the nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses of their peers, but often
fail to intervene effectively to reduce morbidity and mortality. We assessed the circumstances …