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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2023 Background An emerging public health threat of methamphetamine/opioid co-use is occurring in North America, including increases in overdoses related to concomitant methamphetamine/opioid use.
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Pharmacy, 2023 Community pharmacists have become increasingly exposed to opioid use disorders in recent decades. However, both pharmacist training and traditional practice environments have not been adequate to prepare the pharmacist for both the patient care needs and
Kenneth Charles Hohmeier +8 more
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Mental Health Professionals’ Perception of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder [PDF]
, 2023 Despite the widespread attention and resources allocated to the current opioid crisis, the public health problem persists. A major target in the efforts to combat the opioid crisis is increased accessibility and utilization of medications for opioid use ...
Mullen, Patrick M
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Potential Effects of Digital Inequality on Treatment Seeking for Opioid Use Disorder [PDF]
, 2023 Despite the availability of effective treatment, medications for opioid use disorder are underutilized due to a variety of practical, political, and psychological reasons. Digital inequalities, such as limited access to technology, skills to leverage the
Garett, Renee, Young, Sean D
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Probation clients’ barriers to access and use of opioid use disorder medications [PDF]
Health & Justice, 2019 There is a gap between evidence-based treatment with medications for opioid use disorders (OUDs) and current practices of probation departments who supervise individuals with OUDs. Many probationers with OUDs cannot access FDA-approved medications to treat their disorders despite the strong evidence of their effectiveness.
Jessica Reichert, Lily Gleicher
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Optimizing Return and Secure Disposal of Prescription Opioids to Reduce the Diversion to Secondary Users and Black Market [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) has reached an epidemic level in the US. Diversion of unused prescription opioids to secondary users and black market significantly contributes to the abuse and misuse of these highly addictive drugs, leading to the increased risk of OUD and accidental opioid overdose within communities.
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Machine-learning Repurposing of DrugBank Compounds for Opioid Use Disorder [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic and relapsing condition that involves the continued and compulsive use of opioids despite harmful consequences. The development of medications with improved efficacy and safety profiles for OUD treatment is urgently needed.
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Review of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2022 Abstract Context The American opioid epidemic has necessitated the search for safe and effective means of treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) encompasses select medications that are proven effective treatments for OUD.
Nessreen, Ghanem +3 more
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Prescription and Other Medication Use in Pregnancy [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE: To characterize prescription and other medication use in a geographically and ethnically diverse cohort of women in their first pregnancy.
Caritis, Steve N. +19 more
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Identifying Self-Disclosures of Use, Misuse and Addiction in Community-based Social Media Posts [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In the last decade, the United States has lost more than 500,000 people from an overdose involving prescription and illicit opioids making it a national public health emergency (USDHHS, 2017). Medical practitioners require robust and timely tools that can effectively identify at-risk patients. Community-based social media platforms such as Reddit allow
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