The newer opioid agonist treatment with lower substitutive opiate doses is associated with better toxicology outcome than the older harm reduction treatment [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Charge-free heroin use disorder treatment in Italy follows two main approaches, i.e., harm reduction treatment (HRT) strategy in community low-threshold facilities for drug addiction and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in high-threshold ...
Bacciardi, Silvia +8 more
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Discovering heterogeneous subpopulations for fine-grained analysis of opioid use and opioid use disorders [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 The opioid epidemic in the United States claims over 40,000 lives per year, and it is estimated that well over two million Americans have an opioid use disorder. Over-prescription and misuse of prescription opioids play an important role in the epidemic.
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Distinct Alterations of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cluster Headache: A Case Control Study
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Investigate the immune system's role in cluster headache by analyzing cytokines in people with cluster headache and headache‐free controls, and explore if certain cytokines could predict a specific phenotype. Methods We measured 45 cytokines in adult participants from the Danish Cluster Headache Biobank in a prospective case–control setup ...
Nunu Laura Timotheussen Lund +6 more
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Medication Treatment For Opioid Use Disorders In Substance Use Treatment Facilities [PDF]
Health Affairs, 2019 Medication treatment (MT) is one of the few evidence-based strategies proposed to combat the current opioid epidemic. We examined national trends and correlates of offering MT in substance use treatment facilities in the United States. According to data from national surveys, the proportion of these facilities that offered any MT increased from 20.0 ...
Ramin Mojtabai +4 more
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Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2022 Nitika Sanger,1,* Balpreet Panesar,2,* Michael Dennis,3 Tea Rosic,4 Myanca Rodrigues,4 Elizabeth Lovell,5 Shuling Yang,3 Mehreen Butt,6 Lehana Thabane,4,7 Zainab Samaan4,5 1Medical Science Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
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Opioid Use Disorder in Women and the Implications for Treatment
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 2021 Objective The opioid epidemic continues to evolve and impact all groups of people. Moreover, there are concerning trends among women. The aim of this article is to provide a review of opioid use disorder in women and the implications for treatment ...
Celestina Barbosa‐Leiker +4 more
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Medication-based treatment among rural, primary care patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Opioid and alcohol use disorders are increasingly being addressed in primary care, yet how medications to treat these disorders are prescribed in rural regions is unknown. METHODS: We determined prevalence, types, and duration of medication
Baldwin, Laura-Mae +5 more
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Discovering Opioid Use Patterns from Social Media for Relapse Prevention [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 The United States is currently experiencing an unprecedented opioid crisis, and opioid overdose has become a leading cause of injury and death. Effective opioid addiction recovery calls for not only medical treatments, but also behavioral interventions for impacted individuals.
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The Development and Implementation of Nurse-Managed Community-Based Medication Assisted Treatment Services for an Underserved Non-Metropolitan Northern California Community [PDF]
, 2019 Objectives: The purpose of this Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to improve health outcomes among underserved residents of Nevada county by increasing access to inter-professional team-based medication assisted therapy (MAT) for opioid use
Knapp, Lauren
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Individualized Risk Assessment of Preoperative Opioid Use by Interpretable Neural Network Regression [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Preoperative opioid use has been reported to be associated with higher preoperative opioid demand, worse postoperative outcomes, and increased postoperative healthcare utilization and expenditures. Understanding the risk of preoperative opioid use helps establish patient-centered pain management.
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