A systematic review and meta-analysis of medications for stimulant use disorders in patients with co-occurring opioid use disorders [PDF]
Brian Chan+6 more
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Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder [PDF]
"The opioid overdose epidemic continues to claim lives across the country with a record 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017. (This number represents 67.8% of the 70,237 overdose deaths from all drugs) [CDC 2018a].
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Improving Surveillance of Hepatitis C Infections Among Patients Receiving Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder [PDF]
Background: Despite harm reduction efforts, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among individuals with opioid use disorder tripled between 2010 and 2015 in the US.
Bray, Jacqueline
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Critical Care Pain Management with Morphine using Dueling Double-Deep Q Networks [PDF]
Opioids are the preferred medications for the treatment of pain in the intensive care unit. While undertreatment leads to unrelieved pain and poor clinical outcomes, excessive use of opioids puts patients at risk of experiencing multiple adverse effects.
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Anxious Dads and Depressed Moms: Child Disability and the Mental Health of Parents
ABSTRACT Having a child with a disability undoubtedly affects parents in many ways, including their well‐being. However, the specific mental health trajectories of parents, differentiated by the severity of impairments and parental roles, remain under‐explored. We investigate the mental‐health effects of having a child with a disability.
Derek Asuman+2 more
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Gender differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with opioid use disorder entering a comparative effectiveness medication trial [PDF]
Aimee Campbell+11 more
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Whose Opinion Matters about Medications for Opioid use Disorder? A Cross-Sectional Survey of Social Norms among Court Staff [PDF]
Barbara Andraka‐Christou+1 more
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Differences in Availability and Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Residential Treatment Settings in the United States [PDF]
Andrew S. Huhn+6 more
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Early impacts of a multi-faceted implementation strategy to increase use of medication treatments for opioid use disorder in the Veterans Health Administration [PDF]
Allison M. Gustavson+8 more
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Confronting the opioid crisis: Practical pain management and strategies: AOA 2018 critical issues symposium [PDF]
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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