Roux P., Faye A., Sagaon Teyssier Luis, Donadille C., Madrid L. B., Carrieri M. P., Maradan G., Jauffret-Roustide M., Lalanne L., Auriacombe M., Cosinus Study Group. (2025). Prevalence of stimulant use and the role of opioid agonist treatment among people who inject drugs in France : results from the COSINUS cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 275-287. ISSN 0959-5236.
Titre du document
Prevalence of stimulant use and the role of opioid agonist treatment among people who inject drugs in France : results from the COSINUS cohort study
Année de publication
2025
Auteurs
Roux P., Faye A., Sagaon Teyssier Luis, Donadille C., Madrid L. B., Carrieri M. P., Maradan G., Jauffret-Roustide M., Lalanne L., Auriacombe M., Cosinus Study Group
Source
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2025,
44 (1), 275-287 ISSN 0959-5236
Introduction The co-use of stimulants and opioids, including opioid agonist treatment (OAT), is very prevalent worldwide. A large body of data exists on the association between stimulant use and its health complications, and on OAT effectiveness among people with opioid use disorder. However, few data exist on stimulant-opioid co-use among people receiving OAT. Using data from the COSINUS cohort study, we investigated the association between the type of OAT and problematic stimulant use among persons who inject drugs (PWID). Methods COSINUS is a 12-month French cohort study of 665 PWID. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews at enrolment, at 6 and 12 months. We defined problematic stimulant use as daily use of and/or injecting stimulants. We used Bayesian model averaging (BMA) to identify factors associated with problematic stimulant use. Results At baseline, 76% (n = 505) of the participants reported problematic stimulant use. The optimal model from the BMA estimation showed that, after adjusting on social precarity and daily injection, participants on prescribed morphine sulfate as an OAT (compared with methadone) and those who use daily unprescribed buprenorphine were less likely to report problematic stimulant use. Discussion and Conclusions Our work highlights the high prevalence of problematic stimulant use among PWID in France but also the potential association between the type of OAT taken and stimulant use, by suggesting a protective effect of morphine sulfate on stimulant use. Since it has a higher intrinsic activity than other opioids, PWID on this OAT may be less interested in stimulants. Our findings warrant further investigation in clinical studies.
Plan de classement
Santé : aspects socioculturels, économiques et politiques [056]
Description Géographique
FRANCE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010091897]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010091897
