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Innovative Drug Delivery and Formulation Designs To Deter Drug Abuse/Misuse Related To Suicide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Patients with a history of abuse/misuse of pain and psychotic medications are at high risk for suicide. Novel drug delivery and formulation approaches have been explored to reduce the potential of drug abuse/misuse and to improve patient compliance. This
Zhao, Fang
core   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of COVID-19 on MOUD retention in a sample of rural primary care patients: A secondary analysis of electronic health records

open access: yesDrug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Introduction: There is limited research examining factors impacting MOUD retention in rural settings, especially within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stacy Calhoun   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Supporting linkage facilitators working with persons with opioid use disorder: challenges, advances, and future directions

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
This narrative review explores the evolving role of linkage facilitation (LF) in supporting persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) including both the organizational strategies to initiate and sustain LF services and strategies to support the LF workforce.
Tess K. Drazdowski   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Kids Are Not Alright: Leveraging Existing Health Law to Attack the Opioid Crisis Upstream [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The opioid crisis is now a nationwide epidemic, ravaging both rural and urban communities. The public health and economic consequences are staggering; recent estimates suggest the epidemic has contracted the U.S. labor market by over one million jobs and
Cannon, Yael
core   +2 more sources

ADHD: prevalence and effect on opioid use disorder treatment outcome in a French sample of patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder—the influence of impulsivity as a mediating factor

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) poses a global health challenge, and despite medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and psychosocial interventions, relapse remains a significant concern.
Auxane Beslot   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic Pain Management With Opioids: An Assessment of Alaska Nurse Practitioner Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCEThe purpose of this project was to determine chronic opioid pain management practices of Alaskan Nurse ...
Klein, Stephanie
core  

Local Responses to Limits on U.S. Public Health Authority During the COVID‐19 Emergency

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public health has become politicized in the U.S. Though research shows that limiting public health authority during emergency response puts community wellbeing and health outcomes at risk, during the COVID‐19 emergency (2020–2021), some U.S. state policymakers limited the disease‐preventing actions local public health agencies could take. This
Genevive R. Meredith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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