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Intraoperative Methadone Use in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgical Procedures

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2023
Background: Postoperative pain control is an important aspect in the recovery of patients. Recent literature suggests that the extended half-life of methadone may reduce overall opioid utilization in postoperative patients.
Nathan S Kau
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Codeine toxicity via breast Milk: Can this occur and implications for opiate therapy in children

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Codeine is commonly used in combination analgesic products. The use of codeine during breastfeeding can rarely be associated with serious adverse effects related to genetic polymorphisms affecting codeine's metabolism and disposition. Clinicians treating infants of breastfeeding mothers should be aware of this rare but potentially serious complication.
Michael Rieder
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Exploring Cerumen as an Alternative Matrix for Drug Detection and Quantification: Method Development and Application in Clinical Samples

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
An LC–MS/MS method was developed for the detection of 33 psychoactive medications in cerumen (earwax) and applied to the samples of 60 psychiatric inpatient volunteers. The findings highlighted the utility of cerumen as an innovative biospecimen in clinical toxicological analysis.
Dimitrios Phaedon Kevrekidis, Helen G. Gika, Georgios Panagiotoglou, Eleni Parlapani, Pavlos Pavlidis, Nikolaos Raikos   +5 more
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Fatalities within seven days after equine standing sedation: A prospective, multicentre study

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Information regarding mortality associated with standing procedures in horses is sparse. Objectives To report data from >12,000 standing sedations. Study Design Confidential, observational, prospective, multicentre, cohort study.
Miguel Gozalo‐Marcilla, José I. Redondo, Polly M. Taylor, Luis Domenech, Javier Doménech, Gordon Mark Johnston, Regula Bettschart‐Wolfensberger   +6 more
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Prenatal exposure to buprenorphine or methadone: effects on physical growth, neurological development and temperament in early childhood. [PDF]

, 2012
Pharmaceutical maintenance with methadone is the current gold standard for pregnant women with opioid-dependence. While there are many benefits of methadone, its use during pregnancy is associated with high rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome, and long
Whitham, Justine N.
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Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Delivering methadone treatment in community health facilities by primary care providers is a task-shifting strategy to expand access to drug use treatment, especially in rural mountainous areas.
Bich Diep Nguyen, Li Li, Chunqing Lin, Thu Trang Nguyen, Steven Shoptaw, Minh Giang Le   +5 more
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Rapid Methadone Metabolism in Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Report of Clinical Challenges and Individualized Treatment Approaches

Reports
Rapid methadone metabolism in patients with opioid use disorder could complicate methadone treatment. Toxicology screenings to monitor methadone levels may show negative for methadone, even with regular adherence to a regimen.
Farhana Nazmin, Jaskaran Singh, Narges Joshaghani, Elisio Go   +3 more
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Perceived barriers to methadone maintenance treatment among Iranian opioid users

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background Opioid use is a severe problem in Iran. Despite methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs being one of the most important treatment strategies for reducing individual and public harms associated with opioid use, a large proportion of ...
Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Maryam Moeeni, Koen Ponnet, Arezoo Fallahi, Leila Jahangiri, Tahereh Pashaei   +5 more
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Cheek tooth extraction in geriatric versus non‐geriatric horses

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Age‐related dental changes are major contributors to dental disorders in older horses, and cheek tooth extractions are often required to maintain masticatory function and oral comfort. However, limited information is available on clinical and treatment characteristics in this older patient population.
Elias Mair, Omid Nekouei, Patricia Trummer‐Schug, Rhea Haralambus, Nora Mareike Biermann   +4 more
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Characterization of methadone as a β-arrestin-biased μ-opioid receptor agonist

Molecular Pain, 2016
Background Methadone is a unique µ-opioid receptor agonist. Although several researchers have insisted that the pharmacological effects of methadone are mediated through the blockade of NMDA receptor, the underlying mechanism by which methadone exerts ...
Seira Doi BS, Tomohisa Mori PhD, Naoki Uzawa MS, Takamichi Arima BA, Tomoyuki Takahashi BA, Masashi Uchida BS, Ayaka Yawata BA, Michiko Narita BS, Yasuhito Uezono PhD, Tsutomu Suzuki PhD, Minoru Narita PhD   +10 more
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