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Breathing through the rage: Maternal refusal as ethnographic method

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article theorizes maternal rage as an ethnographic method and affective archive, drawing on interviews with birthing people of color navigating medical neglect, obstetric violence, and postpartum abandonment. Rather than treating rage as an excess or failure of care, I frame it as a form of witnessing and refusal, a bodily record of harm ...
Lalaie Ameeriar
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Differences of intensities regarding withdrawal signs in experimental methods For inducing morphine dependency

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2009
(Received 25 May, 2009 ; Accepted 10 August, 2009)AbstractBackground and purpose: In the present study, we compared the intensity of physical dependency, mortality rate and weight changes in some common methods for inducing morphine dependency.Materials ...
Ali Shamsizadeh1, Vahid Sheibani, Gholamreza Sepehri, Afrooz Azarang, Azar Namjoo   +4 more
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A human iPSC-derived midbrain neural stem cell model of prenatal opioid exposure and withdrawal: A proof of concept study.

PLoS ONE
A growing body of clinical literature has described neurodevelopmental delays in infants with chronic prenatal opioid exposure and withdrawal. Despite this, the mechanism of how opioids impact the developing brain remains unknown.
Rhea Sullivan, Quinn Ahrens, Sara L Mills-Huffnagle, Irina A Elcheva, Steven D Hicks   +4 more
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Innovative Drug Delivery and Formulation Designs To Deter Drug Abuse/Misuse Related To Suicide [PDF]

, 2012
Patients with a history of abuse/misuse of pain and psychotic medications are at high risk for suicide. Novel drug delivery and formulation approaches have been explored to reduce the potential of drug abuse/misuse and to improve patient compliance. This
Zhao, Fang
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Transfer of paracetamol across the placenta and fetal blood–brain barriers and its safety for use in pregnancy

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is commonly taken during pregnancy for pain and fever. To gain a more comprehensive understanding of paracetamol's effects during pregnancy, several elements need to be examined including the transfer of paracetamol across the placenta and into the developing brain, the short‐ and long‐term effects of ...
Yifan Huang, Liam Koehn
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Memory retrieval in addiction: a role for miR-105-mediated regulation of D1 receptors in mPFC neurons projecting to the basolateral amygdala

BMC Biology, 2017
Background Drug addiction is a chronic brain disorder characterized by the compulsive use of drugs. The study of chronic morphine-induced adaptation in the brain and its functional significance is of importance to understand the mechanism of morphine ...
Yanfang Zhao, Junfang Zhang, Hualan Yang, Dongyang Cui, Jiaojiao Song, Qianqian Ma, Wenjie Luan, Bin Lai, Lan Ma, Ming Chen, Ping Zheng   +10 more
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Insurance Coverage and Provision of Opioid Disorder Treatment: Evidence From Medicare

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 45, Issue 3, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Older adult opioid overdose deaths have increased over the past two decades in the United States. Methadone, one of three medications approved for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, was not covered by Medicare—the primary insurer of Americans 65 years and older—for OUD until 2020.
Denis Agniel, Jonathan Cantor, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Erin A. Taylor, Kosali Simon   +4 more
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How Does Symptom Management Affect Quality of Life in Palliative Care Patients? A Descriptive and Correlation Study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to determine the relationship between symptom management and quality of life in palliative care patients. Methods Data was collected using the Patient Information Form, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS), and the EQ‐5D Quality of Life Scale.
Gülşah Çamcı, Sıdıka Oğuz, Gülsüm Betül Uçar, Pınar Yarman   +3 more
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Cannabinoids and drug–drug pharmacokinetic interactions: Deciphering the risks

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 92, Issue 5, Page 1287-1308, May 2026.
The relationship between cannabinoids and mental health has become a major focus of scientific inquiry and public discourse. Cannabinoids are diverse chemical compounds from the Cannabis species that have been explored for their therapeutic applications in treating chronic pain, psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as depression, schizophrenia,
Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou, Georgia Valsami, Georgios Ismailos   +2 more
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Ketamine coadministration attenuates morphine tolerance and leads to increased brain concentrations of both drugs in the rat [PDF]

, 2015
Background and Purpose The effects of ketamine in attenuating morphine tolerance have been suggested to result from a pharmacodynamic interaction. We studied whether ketamine might increase brain morphine concentrations in acute coadministration, in ...
Coffman BL, Coffman BL, Honarmand A, King CD, Letrent SP, Pritchard M, Suppa E   +6 more
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