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Aggression towards clinicians within Opiate Substitution Treatment (OST) services: A survey of service providers [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022 Background: High levels of aggression towards staff in healthcare settings have been reported. It seems likely that workers in Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) would be at increased risk of adverse events and their consequences.
Christopher K. Gale +3 more
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Recidivism with opiate addicted patients on buprenorphine substitution treatment: Case report [PDF]
Hospital Pharmacology, 2017 Introduction: Opiate dependence is a serious, chronic and recurrent psychiatric disorder, whose prevalence reach epidemic proportions. This also contributes to a significant increase in mortality, associated with overdose with opiates, as well as the ...
Crnić Katarina B. +1 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundImpulsivity, affective instability, and neglect of oneself and other people's safety as symptoms of personality dysfunction are associated with risky behaviors regarding the transmission of infectious diseases either sexually or by intravenous ...
Siniša Skočibušić +6 more
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Prevalence of Respiratory Disorders during Sleep among Subjects of Methadone Maintenance Therapy Program [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2021 Background: Respiratory disorders during sleep are considered a health problem affecting the life quality. There is some evidence indicating the higher prevalence of apnea in substance-dependent patients.
Ali Talaei +3 more
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Benzodiazepine Use in Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme: Risks and Clinical Outcomes
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Introduction: The co-association of benzodiazepines and opioids is associated with an increased risk of overdose, death, and poorer psychosocial prognosis.
Catarina Oliveira +7 more
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Hepatitis C identification and treatment in rural Pennsylvania, USA
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 The opioid epidemic in the United States has led to increases in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection especially in rural communities. It is recommended that persons who inject drugs undergo screening and treatment.
Tuesdae Stainbrook +4 more
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French Experience with Buprenorphine : Do Physicians Follow the Guidelines? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Opiate dependence affects about 15,479,000 people worldwide. The effectiveness of opiate substitution treatments (OST) has been widely demonstrated. Buprenorphine plays a particular role in opiate dependence care provision in France.
Morgane Guillou Landreat +5 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Individuals who use opioids have higher rates of hospitalization compared to the general population. Insufficiently treated withdrawal and pain are major factors contributing to high rates of self-initiated hospital discharges (also referred to as ...
Laura E. Labonté, Samantha Young
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Centralization of the methadone maintenance plan in a hospital pharmacy department in the Community of Madrid [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020 In February 2018, Resolution 189/2018 was published in the Autonomous Community of Madrid with the objective of centralizing the procedure for the acquisition, preparation, distribution, and dispensing of methadone to Centres for the Comprehensive ...
Elena Alba Álvaro-Alonso +3 more
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BMC Nutrition, 2022 Background People with substance use disorders generally have unhealthy diets, including limited intake of fruit and vegetables. Evidence shows substantial health benefits from increasing fruit and vegetable consumption on various indicators and possibly
Lars T. Fadnes +10 more
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