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Analgesic prescribing trends in a national sample of older veterans with osteoarthritis: 2012-2017 [PDF]

, 2019
Few investigations examine patterns of opioid and nonopioid analgesic prescribing and concurrent pain intensity ratings before and after institution of safer prescribing programs such as the October 2013 Veterans Health Administration system-wide Opioid ...
Bair, Matthew J., Bean, Andrew, Brandt, Cynthia A., Brody, Abraham A., Hwang, Ula, Kerns, Robert D., Runels, Tessa, Trentalange, Mark   +7 more
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Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK [PDF]

, 2015
A panel of nine experts applied multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to determine the relative overall harm to users and harms to others of street heroin (injected and smoked) and eleven non-medically used prescription opioids.
Bell, James, Bowden-Jones, Owen, Dale-Perera, Annette, Hammersley, Richard, Henderson, Graeme, Melichar, Jan, Nutt, David, Phillips, Lawrence, Ramsey, John, Taylor, Polly, van Amsterdam, Jan, van den Brink, Wim   +11 more
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Novel Synthetic Opioids (NSO) Use in Opioid Dependents Entering Detoxification Treatment

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
IntroductionOver the last decade, the use of New/Novel Synthetic Opioids (NSO) has emerged as an increasing problem, and especially so in the USA. However, only little is known about the prevalence and history of NSO use in European heroin dependents ...
Michael Specka, Thomas Kuhlmann, Udo Bonnet, Jürgen Sawazki, Luzia Schaaf, Stefan Kühnhold, Renate Steinert, Torsten Grigoleit, Helmut Eich, Benita Zeiske, Antje Niedersteberg, Katharina Steiner, Fabrizio Schifano, Norbert Scherbaum   +13 more
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BU10038 as a safe opioid analgesic with fewer side-effects after systemic and intrathecal administration in primates [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Background: The marked increase in mis-use of prescription opioids has greatly affected our society. One potential solution is to develop improved analgesics which have
Cami-Kobeci, Gerta, Czoty, Paul W., DeLoid, Heather B., Ding, Huiping, Hsu, Fang Chi, Husbands, Stephen M., Kiguchi, Norikazu, Ko, Mei Chuan, Sukhtankar, Devki D., Toll, Lawrence   +9 more
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The Effect of Postoperative Pain Treatment on the Incidence of Anastomotic Insufficiency after Rectal and Rectosigmoideal Surgery

Prague Medical Report, 2013
The aim of prospective study was to evaluate the pain relief in the postoperative period and consumption of opioid and non-opioid analgesics as a risk factor of the anastomotic insufficiency after rectal and rectosigmoideal resection for carcinoma ...
S. Adámek, Olga Matoušková, O. Polanecký, S. Světlík, J. Skořepa, M. Šnajdauf   +5 more
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Clinically important drug interactions with opioid and non-opioid analgesics [PDF]

Arhiv za farmaciju, 2018
Patients often seek advise from doctors and pharmacists about pain treatment. Opioid and non-opioid analgesics are the most commonly used drugs in the treatment of pain, but they have potential for pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic drug-drug ...
Vezmar-Kovačević Sandra, Vučićević Katarina, Vučenović-Topić Valentina, Rajkovača Zvezdana, Miljković Branislava   +4 more
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Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care [PDF]

, 2015
Explores opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Abstract Objective: To explore opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Design:
Elizabeth Roughead, Lisa Pont, Svetla Gadzhanova   +2 more
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Gamma‐aminobutyric acid transaminase genetic polymorphism is a candidate locus for responsiveness to opioid analgesics in patients with cancer pain: An exploratory study

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2018
Aim Cancer pain impairs not only physical functions but also social functions and roles. Consequently, the overall health‐related quality of life of patients with cancer pain deteriorates. Opioid analgesics are recommended for treating moderate to strong
Yaeko Yokoshima, Masahiko Sumitani, Daisuke Nishizawa, Makoto Nagashima, Kazutaka Ikeda, Ryoji Kato, Jun Hozumi, Hiroaki Abe, Kenji Azuma, Rikuhei Tsuchida, Yoshitsugu Yamada, Japanese TR‐Cancer Pain Research Group   +11 more
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The effect of opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids, and opioid agonist treatment on mortality risk among opioid-dependent people.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Background As dispensings for benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids have increased in recent years, risk of increased mortality has been identified, particularly when used with opioids. There is limited research examining use of these medicines among people
Chrianna Bharat, Natasa Gisev, Sebastiano Barbieri, Tim Dobbins, Sarah Larney, Michael Farrell, Louisa Degenhardt   +6 more
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Addressing the Global Tragedy of Needless Pain: Rethinking the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [PDF]

, 2007
The lack of medical availability of effective pain medication is an enduring and expanding global health calamity. Despite important medical advances, pain remains severely under-treated worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Allyn L. Taylor, Birnie, Chayes, Cole, De Lima, Farmer, Foley, Joranson, Raustiala, Scholten, Szasz, Taylor   +11 more
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