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A Case Report of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome during Methadone Therapy

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2022
Background and Objective: Methadone is an opioid agonist used for the treatment of addiction to opioid drugs. Toxic leukoencephalopathy can cause serious problem and even be life-threatening.
MJ Nasr, AH Zohrevand, D Hosseini Talari, A Alizadeh Khatir   +3 more
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Needle tenoscopy of the digital flexor tendon sheath in four horses

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Background Tenoscopy, performed under general anaesthesia (GA), remains the gold standard diagnostic modality for assessment of the digital flexor tendon sheath (DFTS). A cadaver study described needle tenoscopy of the DFTS in a standing horse model, but the procedure has not been reported in clinical cases.
L. J. Breen, C. M. Baldwin, J. R. Vos, A. M. Gillen, J. D. Stack   +4 more
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A state-level study of opioid use disorder treatment access and neonatal abstinence syndrome [PDF]

, 2019
Background Adult opioid use and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are growing public health problems in the United States (U.S.). Our objective was to determine how opioid use disorder treatment access impacts the relationship between adult opioid use ...
Abbinanti, Kassie, Krist, Alex H., Pecsok, James, Sabo, Roy T., Tong, Sebastian T., Wolf, Elizabeth R., Woolf, Steven H.   +6 more
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Analgesic effects of alpha‐2‐adrenoreceptor agonists in equine medicine: systemic, spinal, and local applications

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Alpha‐2‐adrenoreceptor agonists provide analgesia when used as sole agents but can also be used in combination with other drugs for their additive and potentially synergistic effects. Further, because of their effects on blood flow, alpha‐2‐adrenoreceptor agonists act to extend and perhaps intensify the effects of drugs, such as local ...
J. Brandly, J. R. Page, J. A. E. Hubbell, W. W. Muir III, K. Hopster   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient and Prescriber characteristics associated with return to daily-dispense methadone: A multilevel cohort study.

PLOS Mental Health
Early in the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, modified clinical guidance recommended the provision of take-home methadone doses for those previously ineligible to facilitate social distancing.
Ria Garg, Shaleesa Ledlie, Daniel McCormack, Nikki Bozinoff, Jennifer Wyman, Beth Sproule, Pamela Leece, Mina Tadrous, Ashley Smoke, Charlotte Munro, Tara Gomes   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Complications Following Acute Methadone Poisoning in Patients with and Without a History of Long-term Methadone Use

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
Objective: Given the prevalence of methadone poisoning, this study was conducted to compare the cardiovascular complications following acute methadone poisoning in patients with and without a history of long-term methadone use.
Gholamali Dorooshi, Mahbod Shirmohammadi, Farzad Gheshlaghi, Arman Otroshi, Shafeajafar Zoofaghari, Nastaran Eizadi-Mood   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial interventions and opioid detoxification for drug misuse: summary of NICE guidance [PDF]

, 2007
Drug misuse is an increasing problem that not only impairs the physical and mental health of people who misuse drugs but also negatively affects their families and wider society (for example, in its association with crime).
Gerada, Clare, Pilling, Stephen, Strang, John   +2 more
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Nurses' Experiences of Pain Management for Patients With Diagnosed Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise the available evidence related to nurses' pain assessment and management practices for patients with diagnosed mental health conditions. Design Mixed‐methods systematic review. Data Sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection.
Aaron Lapuz Alejandro, Yvonne Middlewick, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Rosemary Saunders, Irene Ngune   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary Care Practitioners' Approaches to Deprescribing Opioids for Older Adults With Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Analysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Risks related to long‐term opioid therapy for chronic pain are high and may increase over time with aging. Deprescribing may be a beneficial intervention for older adults prescribed chronic opioids. Methods Semi‐structured interviews with hypothetical clinical cases of older adults prescribed opioids for chronic pain: (1) low‐risk ...
Brianna X. Wang, Julia H. Lindenberg, Shoshana J. Herzig, Mara A. Schonberg, Timothy S. Anderson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

, 2009
Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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