Development and implementation of a physician-pharmacist collaborative practice model for provision and management of buprenorphine/naloxone [PDF]
Mental Health Clinician, 2021 Introduction: Physician-pharmacist collaborative practice models (PPCPM) decrease barriers and increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) but are not routine in practice. The purpose of this quality improvement initiative is to develop
Lindsay M. Mailloux, PharmD +3 more
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Patterns of Routes of Administration and Drug Tampering for Nonmedical Opioid Consumption: Data Mining and Content Analysis of Reddit Discussions [PDF]
J Med Internet Res 2021;23(1):e21212, 2021 The complex unfolding of the US opioid epidemic in the last 20 years has been the subject of a large body of medical and pharmacological research, and it has sparked a multidisciplinary discussion on how to implement interventions and policies to effectively control its impact on public health.
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Educating the community about the opioid epidemic and medications for opioid use disorder
The American Journal on Addictions, 2022 AbstractBackground and ObjectivesDespite overwhelming evidence of benefit, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) remain stigmatizing and more efforts are needed to educate health care professionals and the general public.MethodsWe developed and evaluated an educational program for graduate students studying health sciences, teaching them to ...
Jill M. Williams +5 more
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022 Background Morbidity and mortality related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in the U.S. is at an all-time high. Innovative approaches are needed to address gaps in retention in treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Mobile health (mHealth)
Jacqueline Hodges +11 more
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JAMA Network Open, 2023 This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to estimate the receipt of medication for opioid use disorder among US adults with past-year opioid use disorder.
Jones, Christopher M. +4 more
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The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
, 2020 Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N. +8 more
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Effect of police action on low-barrier substance use disorder service utilization
Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Background Police action can increase risky substance use patterns by people who use drugs (PWUD), but it is not known how increased police presence affects utilization of low-barrier substance use disorder bridge clinics.
Karrin Weisenthal +5 more
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Medications for management of opioid use disorder
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2019 Abstract Purpose The use of buprenorphine, methadone, and long-acting naltrexone for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) is discussed, including a review of current literature detailing treatment approaches and action steps to optimize treatment in acute care and office-based settings.
Patrick J. Bridgeman +2 more
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Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with psychiatric conditions and medications: a national study of commercial health care claims [PDF]
, 2017 There is growing evidence that opioid prescribing in the United States follows a pattern in which patients who are at the highest risk of adverse outcomes from opioids are more likely to receive long-term opioid therapy.
Bair, Matthew J. +9 more
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Use of a Decision Aid in Medication Initiation Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and HIV [PDF]
, 2023 Opioid use disorder refers to the maladaptive use of prescribed or illicit opioids. This condition can be treated using pharmacotherapy referred to as medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), but they are underutilized.
Gateley, Katrina
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