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Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been shown to improve concomitant insomnia symptoms, but whether treating OSA translates into reducing sedative medication use is unknown. We evaluated the association between initiating incident positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy and continued benzodiazepine drug receipt among chronic ...
Nicholas T. Vozoris +3 more
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Analgesia and Addiction in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Pain Exacerbations
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2005 Introduction: There is ongoing controversy regarding the appropriate use of narcotic analgesia for patients presenting frequently to the emergency department (ED) with subjective acute exacerbations of pain.
Gorchynski, Julie, Kelly, Kevin
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Confronting the opioid crisis: Practical pain management and strategies: AOA 2018 critical issues symposium [PDF]
, 2019 The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Clinicians have been part of the problem because of overprescribing of narcotics for perioperative pain management.
Hsu, Joseph R +4 more
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Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs for Chronic Insomnia in Primary Care
Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder in adults, representing a major public health problem. Healthcare management in a specific area first requires analysing its current practices and issues. We conducted a retrospective observational study of over 100,000 patients from two large primary care databases in the public healthcare ...
Jesús Escribá‐Alepuz +5 more
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Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017 Objectives: In order to help combat opioid addiction, our objective is to see, through a randomized prospective study design, if patient education on proper use of narcotic medication would decrease narcotic consumption in the post-operative period after
Fotios P. Tjoumakaris MD +9 more
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Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Veterinary Nurses play a key role in handling drugs and perform medication treatments, thus pharmacological knowledge is essential. The veterinary nurses' role varies widely worldwide but does not include the prescription of drugs. Nevertheless, pharmacology is a complex subject within veterinary nursing education and for the registered ...
Lena Olsén, Ann‐Christin Blomkvist
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Pattern and Inclination of Adolescents Towards Substance Abuse
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2008 Introduction: Narcotic drug abuse and illicit use of drugs is a major, complicated multifactorial phenomenon affecting most of the societies today. Incidence of drug abuse among adolescents is very high.
H Mahjoob +3 more
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Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT According to the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE), a graduate of veterinary medicine should be able to prescribe and dispense “medicines correctly and responsibly in accordance with legislation and latest guidance” (2019). In Germany, veterinarians can dispense drugs from their in‐practice pharmacy, which
Sonja Bröer +2 more
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Pain Management: A Flowsheet for Providers [PDF]
, 2018 Many different factors led to the trend of providers prescribing opioids for chronic pain. However, the misuse of and many deaths related to opioid prescriptions have caused the trend to reverse its direction. National organizations call for providers to
Swezey, Lisa
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