Roy Robertson

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• 2024

  Clinical Outcomes of Benzodiazepine Prescribing for People Receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence: Pharmacy

  Matheson, C., Vucic, C., Dumbrell, J., Robertson, R., Ritchie, T., Duncan, C., Kessavalou, K., Woolston, C. & Schofield, J., 4 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pharmacy. 12, 5, 21 p., 152.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Opiate Agonist 100%
  • Opiate 50%
  • Illicit Drug 25%

• Drug and alcohol problems turn up everywhere: cooperation and coordination could help

  Thomas, A., Rice, P. & Robertson, R., 3 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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• Association between benzodiazepine co-prescription and mortality in people on opioid replacement therapy: a population-based cohort study

  Best, C., Matheson, C., Robertson, R., Ritchie, T., Cowden, F., Dumbrell, J., Duncan, C., Kessavalou, K., Woolston, C. & Schofield, J., 14 Mar 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 3, 9 p., e074668.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Cohort Study 100%
  • Replacement Therapy 100%
  • Opiate 100%
  • Benzodiazepine 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 12%

• Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: The Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity worker Outreach Engagement Non-medical Independent prescriber Rx (PHOENIx) pilot randomised controlled trial

  Lowrie, R., McPherson, A., Mair, F. S., Stock, K., Maguire, D., Paudyal, V., Duncan, C., Blair, R., Lombard, C., Ross, S., Hughes, F., Moir, J., Scott, A., Reilly, F., Stills, L., Hislop, J., Wishart, S., Brannan, D., Robertson, J. R., Ramage, R., & 3 othersBoyle, A., Greenlaw, N. & Williamson, A. E., 13 Mar 2024, In: BMJ Public Health. 2, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Homelessness 100%
  • Toxic Injury 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Emergency Ward 80%
  • Hospitalization 60%
• 2023

  Baseline characteristics of people experiencing homelessness with a recent drug overdose in the PHOENIx pilot randomised controlled trial

  Lowrie, R., McPherson, A., Mair, F. S., Stock, K., Jones, C., Maguire, D., Paudyal, V., Duncan, C., Blair, B., Lombard, C., Ross, S., Hughes, F., Moir, J., Scott, A., Reilly, F., Sills, L., Hislop, J., Farmer, N., Lucey, S., Wishart, S., & 3 othersProvan, G., Robertson, R. & Williamson, A., 4 Apr 2023, In: Harm reduction journal. 20, 1, p. 46 46.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Drug Overdose 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Homelessness 100%
  • Disease 33%
  • Mental Health 33%
• 2022

  An avoidable crisis

  Matheson, C. & Robertson, R., 29 Aug 2022, In: Harm reduction journal. 19, 1, 6 p., 98.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Policy 100%
  • Drug 50%
  • Suggestion 50%
  • Option 50%
  • Investigation 50%

• Milestone House: The story of a hospice for people with HIV/AIDS

  McCabe, R., Richardson, A., Taylor, D. & Robertson, R., 9 Jun 2022, In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 52, 1, p. 73-79

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Houses 100%
  • Hospice 100%
  • AIDS 100%
  • Young People 100%
  • Territory 66%

• The Pocket Guide to Drugs and Health, By Darke, Shane, Lappin, Julia, and Farrell, Michael, United Kingdom: Silverback Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 9781912141180

  Robertson, R., 5 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction. 117, 7, p. 2124-2125

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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• The Parents under Pressure parenting programme for families with fathers receiving treatment for opioid dependence: the PuP4Dads feasibility study

  Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., Taylor, J., Dawe, S., Harnett, P., Stoddart, A., Littlewood, P., Robertson, R., Farquharson, B. & Strachan, H., 31 Jan 2022, In: Public Health Research. 10, 3, p. 1-154

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Fathers 100%
  • Family 100%
  • Child Rearing 100%
  • Program 100%
  • Dependence 100%
• 2021

  Towards a framework for implementing physician education in substance use disorders

  Klimas, J., McCracken, R., Robertson, R. & Cullen, W., 22 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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  • Education 100%
  • Physician 100%
  • Substance Use Disorder 100%
  • Drug Dependence 100%
  • Substance Abuse 100%

• From the clinic to the street: the changing role of benzodiazepines in the Scottish overdose epidemic

  McAuley, A., Matheson, C. & Robertson, R., 6 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 100, 103512.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Benzodiazepine Derivative 100%
  • Intoxication 100%
  • Hospital 100%
  • Drug 100%
  • Toxic Injury 100%
• 2020

  Injecting drug use, the skin and vasculature

  Robertson, R., Broers, B. & Harris, M., 13 Oct 2020, In: Addiction.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Skin 100%
  • Vascularity 100%
  • Drug Use 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 75%
  • Drug 75%

• Older-age opioid-related deaths in the UK

  Bird, S. M. & Robertson, J. R., 9 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet. 396, 10244, p. 94-95 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Scotland’s 2009-2015 methadone-prescription cohort: quintiles for daily-dose of prescribed methadone and risk of methadone-specific death

  Gaoa, L., Robertson, R. & Bird, S., 12 Jun 2020, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Dose 100%
  • Death 100%
  • Prescription 100%
  • Methadone 100%
  • Client 31%

• Commentary on Ho et al. (2019): Managing people with HIV and drug problems is complex and multi-faceted

  Farrell, M. & Robertson, R., 22 Jan 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Commentary on Ho et al. (2020): Managing people with HIV and drug problems is complex and multi‐faceted

  Farrell, M. & Robertson, R., 22 Jan 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction. 115, 4, p. 653-654

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  Open Access
• 2019

  Brexit threatens the UK’s ability to tackle illicit drugs and organised crime: What needs to happen now?

  Roman-urrestarazu, A., Yang, J., Robertson, R., Mccallum, A., Gray, C., Mckee, M. & Middleton, J., 1 Jun 2019, In: Health Policy. 123, 6, p. 521-525

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Drug related deaths - a wider view is necessary

  Robertson, R., Bird, S. M. & McAuley, A., 7 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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• Non drug-related and opioid-specific causes of 3262 deaths in Scotland's methadone-prescription clients, 2009-2015

  Gao, L., Robertson, J. R. & Bird, S. M., Apr 2019, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 197, p. 262-270 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Methadone 100%
  • Opioid 100%
  • Substitution Reaction 6%
  • Buprenorphine 6%
  • Cannabis 6%
• 2018

  European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has a vital role in the UK's ability to respond to illicit drugs and organised crime

  Roman-Urrestarazu, A., Robertson, R., Yang, J., McCallum, A., Gray, C., McKee, M. & Middleton, J., 26 Sept 2018, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 362, p. k4003

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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• Drugs policy will not change as long as UK government refuses to acknowledge the need for change

  Robertson, R., McAuley, A., Macleod, J., Strang, J. & McCallum, A., 20 Jun 2018, In: BMJ (Online). 361, k2604.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Treatment and Intervention for Opiate Dependence in the United Kingdom: Lessons from Triumph and Failure

  Kalk, N. J., Robertson, J. R., Kidd, B., Day, E., Kelleher, M. J., Gilvarry, E. & Strang, J., 1 Jun 2018, In: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 24, 2, p. 183-200

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• Ageing opioid users' increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK

  Pierce, M., Millar, T., Robertson, J. R. & Bird, S. M., 21 Mar 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 55, p. 121-127 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Death 100%
  • Aging 100%
  • Opiate 100%
  • Methadone 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 58%
• 2017

  Misadventure in Muirhouse. HIV infection: a modern plague and persisting public health problem

  Robertson, J., 1 Mar 2017, In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• External data required timely response by the Trial Steering-Data Monitoring Committee for the NALoxone InVEstigation (N-ALIVE) pilot trial

  Bird, S. M., Strang, J., Ashby, D., Podmore, J., Robertson, J. R., Welch, S., Meade, A. M. & Parmar, M. K. B., Mar 2017, In: Contemporary clinical trials communications. 5, p. 100-106 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Investigation 100%
  • Legal Procedure 100%
  • Administrative Structure 100%
  • Steering 100%
  • Monitoring Data 100%

• Prospects for people who use drugs: Maintenance, recovery or progress? An analysis of motivation to change in individuals attending for opioid agonist prescribing (OAP) in a general practice setting

  Robertson, R., Copeland, L., Beresford, H., Elton, R. & Carson, D., 6 Feb 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy. p. 1-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2016

  Prolonged mental health effects of ethylphenidate beyond cessation of use: Letter to the Editor

  Robertson, R., 9 Dec 2016, In: Addiction. 112, 1, p. 183-184

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Heavy cannabis use is associated with low bone mineral density and an increased risk of fractures

  Sophocleous, A., Robertson, J., Monteiro da Rocha Bravo Ferreira, N., McKenzie, J., Fraser, W. & Ralston, S., 2 Sept 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Medicine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Fracture 100%
  • Bone Density 100%
  • Cannabis Use 100%
  • Bone 57%
  • Cannabis 42%

• Risk-factors for methadone-specific deaths in Scotland's methadone-prescription clients between 2009 and 2013

  Gao, L., Dimitropoulou, P., Robertson, J. R., McTaggart, S., Bennie, M. & Bird, S. M., 29 Aug 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Death 100%
  • Prescription 100%
  • Client 100%
  • Methadone 100%
  • Drug 58%
• 2015

  Factors affecting repeated cessations of injecting drug use and relapses during the entire injecting career among the Edinburgh Addiction Cohort

  Xia, Y., Seaman, S., Hickman, M., Macleod, J., Robertson, R., Copeland, L., McKenzie, J. & De Angelis, D., 1 Jun 2015, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 151, p. 76-83 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Addictive Behavior 100%
  • Drug Use 100%
  • Occupational Career 100%
  • Professional Occupations 100%
  • Addiction 100%

• Mortality related to novel psychoactive substances in Scotland, 2012: an exploratory study

  McAuley, A., Hecht, G., Barnsdale, L., Thomson, C. S., Graham, L., Priyadarshi, S. & Robertson, J. R., May 2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 5, p. 461-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Death 100%
  • Mortality 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 90%
  • Drug 90%
  • Benzodiazepine 40%

• Cannabis, tobacco smoking, and lung function: a cross-sectional observational study in a general practice population

  Macleod, J., Robertson, R., Copeland, L., McKenzie, J., Elton, R. & Reid, P., 26 Jan 2015, In: British Journal of General Practice. 65, 631, p. E89-E95 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cannabis 100%
  • Observational Study 100%
  • Symptom 12%
  • Resin 12%
  • Adverse Event 6%
• 2013

  The medical profession should take the lead in UK drug policy

  Robertson, R., 8 Jan 2013, In: British Medical Journal (BMJ). 346, p. - 1 p., f35.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
• 2012

  From evidence to policy: The Scottish national naloxone programme

  Mcauley, A., Best, D., Taylor, A., Hunter, C. & Robertson, R., 27 Jun 2012, In: Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy. 19, 4, p. 309-319

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Public Health 100%
  • Naloxone 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 75%
  • Drug 75%
  • Death 50%

• Walking for depression or depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Robertson, R., Robertson, A., Jepson, R. & Maxwell, M., 1 Jun 2012, In: Mental Health and Physical Activity. 5, 1, p. 66-75 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Depression 100%
  • Meta Analysis 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Symptom 100%

• Premature mortality in Scottish injecting drug users: a life-history approach

  Copeland, L., Robertson, R., McKenzie, J., Kimber, J., Macleod, J., Hickman, M. & de Angelis, D., 9 Mar 2012, In: Scottish Medical Journal. 57, 1, p. 38-42 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Premature Mortality 100%
  • Injecting Drug User 100%
  • Life History 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 80%
  • Drug 80%

• Methadone replacement therapy: tried, tested, effective?

  Robertson, R. & Daniels, A. M., 2012, In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 42, 2, p. 133-8 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Therapy 100%
  • Methadone 100%
  • Treatment 75%
  • Improvement 25%
  • Contact 25%
• 2011

  Promoting recovery and preventing drug-related mortality: competing risks?

  Hickman, M., Vickerman, P., Robertson, R., Macleod, J. & Strang, J., 25 Jul 2011, In: Journal of Public Health. 33, 3, p. 332-334 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
• 2010

  Predisposition to accelerated Alzheimer-related changes in the brains of human immunodeficiency virus negative opiate abusers

  Anthony, I. C., Norrby, K., Dingwall, T., Carnie, F. W., Millar, T., Arango, J. C., Robertson, R. & Bell, J. E., Dec 2010, In: Brain. 133, p. 3685-3698 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Brain 100%
  • Disease Predisposition 100%
  • Opiate 100%
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 54%

• HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN A PRIMARY CARE BASED SAMPLE OF INJECTION DRUG USERS AND NON DRUG-INJECTING CONTROLS

  Kimber, J., Copeland, L., Hickman, M., Macleod, J., Mckenzie, J., De Angelis, D. & Robertson, R., Nov 2010, In: Drug and alcohol review. 29, p. 39-39 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

• Cannabis and the lung

  Reid, P. T., Macleod, J. & Robertson, R., 2010, In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 40, 4, p. 328-3; quiz 333-4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Lung 100%
  • Cannabis 100%
  • Cohort Effect 28%
  • Attention 28%
  • Epidemiology 28%

• Survival and cessation in injecting drug users: prospective observational study of outcomes and effect of opiate substitution treatment

  Kimber, J., Copeland, L., Hickman, M., Macleod, J., McKenzie, J., De Angelis, D. & Robertson, R., 2010, In: British Medical Journal (BMJ). 341, c3172.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Opiate Substitution Treatment 100%
  • Drug 100%
  • Survival 100%
  • Opiate 100%
  • Observational Study 100%

• The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: recruitment and follow-up of a primary care based sample of injection drug users and non drug-injecting controls

  Macleod, J., Copeland, L., Hickman, M., McKenzie, J., Kimber, J., De Angelis, D. & Robertson, R., 2010, In: BMC Public Health. 10, p. 101

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Follow up 100%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 100%
  • Drug 100%
  • Primary Health Care 100%
  • Injection 100%
• 2009

  Commentary on Senn et al. (2009): Primary care is the place to manage hepatitis C in opiate-dependent patients

  Robertson, J. R., Dec 2009, In: Addiction. 104, 12, p. 2039-2040 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• What factors affect medication-storage practice among patients on methadone maintenance treatment?

  Williams, N., Robertson, R., McGorm, K., Roberts, K. & Elton, R., Jun 2009, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 17, 3, p. 165-9 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Maintenance Therapy 100%
  • Methadone Treatment 100%
  • Patient 100%
  • Drug Therapy 100%
  • Storage 100%
• 2007

  The UK colorectal cancer screening pilot: results of the second round of screening in England

  Weller, D., Coleman, D., Robertson, R., Butler, P., Melia, J., Campbell, C., Parker, R., Patnick, J. & Moss, S., 17 Dec 2007, In: British Journal of Cancer. 97, 12, p. 1601-1605

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Screening 100%
  • Cancer Screening 100%
  • Colorectal Cancer 100%
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening 100%
  • Endoscopy 66%

• Heroin injecting and the introduction of HIV/AIDS into a Scottish city

  Robertson, R. & Richardson, A., Nov 2007, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 100, 11, p. 491-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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• 1998

  Pyroclastic flows generated by gravitational instability of the 1996-97 Lava Dome of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

  Cole, P. D., Calder, E. S., Druitt, T. H., Hoblitt, R., Robertson, R., Sparks, R. S. J. & Young, S. R., 15 Sept 1998, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 25, 18, p. 3425-3428

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gravitational Instability 100%
  • Hill 100%
  • Volcano 100%
  • Lava Dome 100%
  • Pyroclastic Flow 100%