Study Finds That Substance-Use Disorders Heighten Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections
A recently conducted study has found that while the risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection was low in vaccinated individuals with substance-use disorders, it was higher than the risk of vaccinated individuals who don’t suffer from substance use disorders. The research was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and was reported in “World Psychiatry.” Researchers from Case Western Reserve University also took part in the study. The researchers also discovered that adverse socioeconomic determinants of health, which are common in individuals suffering from substance use disorder and health conditions that occurred simultaneously, were primarily responsible for the…
