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Economic, social, and clinic influences on opioid treatment program retention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative study

open access: yesAddiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2023
Background Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are associated with positive health outcomes. People remaining on MOUD have a reduced likelihood of drug overdose and mortality.
Deja Knight   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing an automated clinical decision support system to match clinical practice guidelines for opioid therapy for chronic pain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Opioid prescribing for chronic pain is common and controversial, but recommended clinical practices are followed inconsistently in many clinical settings.
AP Farmer   +44 more
core   +3 more sources

The Lived Experience of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

open access: yesJournal of Addictions Nursing, 2023
Abstract Purpose of the Study Buprenorphine and methadone, when used as maintenance therapy in opioid use disorder (OUD), can significantly reduce the risk of death after an opioid overdose. Despite the many benefits, medication for OUD (MOUD) remains controversial and underutilized.
Aimee Techau   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Antibiotic therapy completion for injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis at a center with routine addiction medicine consultation: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Addiction medicine consultation and medications for opioid use disorder are shown to improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis associated with injection drug use.
Muhammad Dhanani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
core   +2 more sources

Experiences Using a Multidisciplinary Model for Treating Injection Drug Use Associated Infections: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundOver the past two decades, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in the rate of injection drug use, injection associated infections, and overdose mortality. A hospital-based program for treating opioid use disorder in people who
Nathanial S. Nolan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury

open access: yes, 2022
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of methamphetamine use on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment retention: a scoping review

open access: yesAddiction 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.
Cayley Russell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urine Screening for Opiod and Illicit Drugs in the Total Joint Arthroplasty Population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Introduction. Recent studies have shown an increase in post-operative orthopaedic complications associated with pre-operative opioid use. It is, therefore, important to know if patients use opioids before scheduled surgery.
Bhargava, Tarun   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Community-Centered Patient Journey Map in Opioid Use Disorder: A Tool to Address Compassion Fatigue among Community Pharmacists

open access: yesPharmacy, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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