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Acheson LS; Clay S; McKetin R; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Brett J; Christmass M; Rodgers C; Shoptaw S; Farrell M; Ezard N; Siefried KJ, 2024, 'Participant experiences in a pilot study for methamphetamine withdrawal treatment: Implications for retention', International Journal of Drug Policy, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104383

Acheson LS; Gordon C; McKetin R; Brett J; Christmass M; Rodgers C; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Farrell M; Shoptaw S; Ezard N; Siefried KJ, 2024, 'Measuring Objective and Subjective Sleep during Lisdexamfetamine Treatment of Acute Methamphetamine Withdrawal: A Feasibility Study.', Eur Addict Res, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000536328

Sharafi H; Bakouni H; McAnulty C; Drouin S; Coronado-Montoya S; Bahremand A; Bach P; Ezard N; Le Foll B; Schütz CG; Siefried KJ; Tardelli VS; Ziegler D; Jutras-Aswad D, 2024, 'Prescription psychostimulants for the treatment of amphetamine-type stimulant use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials', Addiction, 119, pp. 211 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16347

Clifford B; Van Gordon K; Magee F; Malone V; Siefried KJ; Graham D; Ezard N, 2023, '“There’s a big tag on my head”: exploring barriers to treatment seeking with women who use methamphetamine in Sydney, Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09125-z

Bakouni H; Sharafi H; Bahremand A; Drouin S; Ziegler D; Bach P; Le Foll B; Schütz CG; Tardelli V; Ezard N; Siefried K; Jutras-Aswad D, 2023, 'Bupropion for treatment of amphetamine-type stimulant use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111018

Freestone J; Ezard N; Bourne A; Brett J; Roberts DM; Hammoud M; Nedanoski A; Prestage G; Siefried KJ, 2023, 'Understandings, attitudes, practices and responses to GHB overdose among GHB consumers', Harm Reduction Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00857-z

Bascombe F; Siefried KJ; Clifford B; Child S; Loos R; Sgouras H; Stevens L; Wilson H; Ezard N, 2023, 'Methamphetamine and emerging drugs of concern: A training needs analysis of Australian alcohol and other drug helplines', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1744 - 1753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13719

Black E; Bruno R; Mammen K; Mills L; Siefried KJ; Deacon RM; Shakeshaft A; Dunlop AJ; Ezard N; Montebello M; Childs S; Reid D; Holmes J; Lintzeris N, 2023, 'Substance use, socio-demographic characteristics, and self-rated health of people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in New South Wales: baseline findings from a cohort study', Medical Journal of Australia, 219, pp. 218 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52039

Black E; Mammen K; Deacon RM; Ezard N; Mills L; Dunlop AJ; Montebello M; Reid D; Childs S; Bruno R; Shakeshaft A; Siefried KJ; Farrell M; Holmes J; Lintzeris N, 2023, 'Health and social characteristics of clients reporting amphetamine type substance use at entry to public alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia, 2016–2019', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 389 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13588

Aung HL; Siefried KJ; Gates TM; Brew BJ; Mao L; Carr A; Cysique LA, 2023, 'Meaningful cognitive decline is uncommon in virally suppressed HIV, but sustained impairment, subtle decline and abnormal cognitive aging are not', eClinicalMedicine, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101792

Siefried KJ; Freeman G; Roberts DM; Lindsey R; Rodgers C; Ezard N; Brett J, 2023, 'Inpatient GHB withdrawal management in an inner-city hospital in Sydney, Australia: a retrospective medical record review', Psychopharmacology, 240, pp. 127 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06283-6

Freeman G; Siefried KJ; Roberts DM; Rodgers C; Nic Ionmhain U; Ramanathan J; Ezard N; Brett J, 2023, 'Phenobarbital to manage severe gamma-hydroxybutyrate withdrawal: A case series', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 27 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13556

Acheson LS; Ezard N; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Brett J; Rodgers C; Gill A; Christmass M; McKetin R; Farrell M; Shoptaw S; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal: A pilot feasibility and safety trial', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109692

Freestone J; Bourne A; Layard E; Prestage G; Murray J; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Playing at the edges, navigating sexual boundaries, and narrating sexual distress; Practices and perspectives of sexuality and gender diverse people who use GHB', International Journal of Drug Policy, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103811

Acheson LS; Ezard N; Lintzeris N; Dunlop A; Brett J; Rodgers C; Gill A; Christmass M; McKetin R; Farrell M; Shoptaw S; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Trial protocol of an open label pilot study of lisdexamfetamine for the treatment of acute methamphetamine withdrawal', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275371

Page R; Healey A; Siefried KJ; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Peacock A; Barratt MJ; Brett J, 2022, 'Barriers to help-seeking among music festival attendees in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1322 - 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13479

Freestone J; Prestage G; Bourne A; Ezard N; Race K; Nedanoski A; Murray J; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Controlling for pleasure and risk: The experiences of sexuality and gender diverse people who use GHB', International Journal of Drug Policy, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103747

Freestone J; Siefried KJ; Prestage G; Hammoud M; Molyneux A; Bourne A, 2022, 'Individual level peer interventions for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men between 2000 and 2020: A scoping review', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270649

Siefried KJ; Ezard N; Christmass M; Haber P; Ali R, 2022, 'A clinical research priority setting study for issues related to the use of methamphetamine and emerging drugs of concern in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 309 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13350

Healey A; Siefried KJ; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Peacock A; Barratt MJ; Brett J, 2022, 'Correlates of higher-risk drug-related behaviours at music festivals in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 320 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13404

Acheson LS; Williams BH; Farrell M; McKetin R; Ezard N; Siefried KJ, 2022, 'Pharmacological treatment for methamphetamine withdrawal: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', Drug and Alcohol Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13511

Brett J; Siefried KJ; Healey A; Harrod ME; Franklin E; Barratt MJ; Masters J; Nguyen L; Adiraju S; Gerber C, 2022, 'Wastewater analysis for psychoactive substances at music festivals across New South Wales, Australia in 2019–2020', Clinical Toxicology, 60, pp. 440 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2021.1979233

Acheson LS; Siefried KJ; Clifford B; Murray E; Steele M; Clague L; Malone V; Roberts DM; Ferguson LJ; Matthews GV; Ezard N, 2021, 'One-third of people who inject drugs are at risk of incomplete treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a retrospective medical record review', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 112, pp. 63 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.012

Lee E; Mao L; de Wit J; Rule J; Carr A; Siefried KJ, 2021, 'Impact of the removal of patient co-payments for antiretroviral therapy (ART) on out-of-pocket expenditure, adherence and virological failure among Australian adults living with HIV', HEALTH POLICY, 125, pp. 1131 - 1139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.07.002

Ezard N; Clifford B; Dunlop A; Bruno R; Carr A; Liu Z; Siefried KJ; Lintzeris N, 2021, 'Safety and tolerability of oral lisdexamfetamine in adults with methamphetamine dependence: A phase-2 dose-escalation study', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044696

Siefried KJ; Acheson LS; Lintzeris N; Ezard N, 2020, 'Pharmacological treatment of methamphetamine/amphetamine dependence: a systematic review', CNS Drugs, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40263-020-00711-x

Siefried KJ; Kerr S; Richardson R; Mao L; Rule J; McAllister J; De Wit J; Carr A, 2019, 'Socioeconomic and psychosocial factors are associated with poor treatment outcomes in Australian adults living with HIV: A case-control study', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 548 - 553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18138

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Cysique LA; Rule J; Giles ML; Smith DE; McMahon J; Read TR; Ooi C; Tee BK; Bloch M; De Wit J; Carr A, 2018, 'Concomitant medication polypharmacy, interactions and imperfect adherence are common in Australian adults on suppressive antiretroviral therapy', AIDS, 32, pp. 35 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001685

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Kerr S; Cysique LA; Gates TM; McAllister J; Maynard A; De Wit J; Carr A, 2017, 'Socioeconomic factors explain suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected Australian adults with viral suppression', PLoS ONE, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174613

Gates TM; Cysique LA; Siefried KJ; Chaganti J; Moffat KJ; Brew BJ, 2016, 'Maraviroc-intensified combined antiretroviral therapy improves cognition in virally suppressed HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder', AIDS, 30, pp. 591 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000951

Lu GM; Brew BJ; Siefried KJ; Draper B; Cysique LA, 2014, 'Is the HIV dementia scale a reliable tool for assessing HIV-relatedneurocognitive decline?', Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-6113.1000269


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