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Oral Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcom in an Adult Addict Man: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, but rare in adults, especially those in the middle age and older.
Farzaneh Aghahosseini, Shahrzad Fooladvand, Nafiseh Sheykhbahaei   +2 more
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Optimizing post-operative opiate prescribing following gynecologic surgery

Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2022
Background: Post-operative opiate prescribing has traditionally been stratified by procedure type with little regard for patient opiate utilization. We sought to evaluate peri-operative factors associated with patient opiate utilization post-operatively ...
Katherine M. Croft, Bethany M. Sarosiek, Elisa Trowbridge, C. Page Muthusubramanian, Traci Hedrick, Susan C. Modesitt   +5 more
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Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with long-term remission with buprenorphine / naloxone in opiate use disorder

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Buprenorphine/Naloxone (BP/NLX) is an effective drug combination used in long-term maintenance therapy in opiate use disorder (OUD). In some studies, abstinence over 180 days was defined as long-term remission (1).
Y. Kahya, A. Erdogan
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Pronounced Declines in Meperidine in the US: Is the End Imminent?

Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Once a widely used analgesic in the United States (US), meperidine offered an alternative opioid to other opioids as a pain reliever and was widely assumed to be safer with acute pancreatitis.
Lavinia R. Harrison, Rhudjerry E. Arnet, Anthony S. Ramos, Poul A. Chinga, Trinidy R. Anthony, John M. Boyle, Kenneth L. McCall, Stephanie D. Nichols, Brian J. Piper   +8 more
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An Examination of the Complex Pharmacological Properties of the Non-Selective Opioid Modulator Buprenorphine

Pharmaceuticals, 2023
The goal of this review is to provide a recent examination of the pharmacodynamics as well as pharmacokinetics, misuse potential, toxicology, and prenatal consequences of buprenorphine.
Leana J. Pande, Rhudjerry E. Arnet, Brian J. Piper   +2 more
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Abuse of tropicamide eye drops: review of clinical data

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2022
Over the past 15 years, the increasing nonmedical use of tropicamide ophthalmic drops has been reported in Europe, coinciding with an increase in opioid addiction and drug-related mortality.
Val Bellman, Anastasia Ukolova, Elena Erovichenkova, Sarah Lam, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Jared Bruce, Douglass M. Burgess   +6 more
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Rapid Absorption of Naloxone from Eye Drops

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Naloxone as emergency treatment for opioid overdosing can be administered via several routes. However, the available administration methods are invasive or may be associated with incomplete or slow naloxone absorption.
Johanna Tuunainen, Lasse Saloranta, Jouko Levijoki, Jenni Lindstedt, Jenni Lehtisalo, Sari Pappinen, Meri Ramela, Sami Virtanen, Heikki Joensuu   +8 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enlarged cavum septum pellucidum as a neurodevelopmental marker in adolescent-onset opiate dependence. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Adolescent-onset exposure to highly addictive substances such as opiates may induce far-reaching deleterious effects on later mental and physical health.
Jaeuk Hwang, Jieun E Kim, Marc J Kaufman, Perry F Renshaw, Sujung Yoon, Deborah A Yurgelun-Todd, Yera Choi, Chansoo Jun, In Kyoon Lyoo   +8 more
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Effectiveness of a Mobile eHealth App in Guiding Patients in Pain Control and Opiate Use After Total Knee Replacement: Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020
Background Little is known about pain and opiate use at home directly after total knee replacement (TKR). Due to adverse effects, low opiate use is desired.
Y. Pronk, Maud Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria Peters, A. Sheombar, J. Brinkman   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source