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High-dose intravenous hydromorphone for patients who use opioids in the hospital setting: time to reduce the barriers

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, Pilar Tejedor-Prado, Antonio Aguilar-Ros, Ismael Escobar-Rodríguez   +3 more
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Effect of fruit smoothie supplementation on psychological distress among people with substance use disorders receiving opioid agonist therapy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (FruktBAR)

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, Einar Furulund, Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Tesfaye Madebo, Jørn Henrik Vold, Maria Olsvold, Marianne Cook Pierron, Siv-Elin Leirvåg Carlsen, Rune Blomhoff, Torgeir Gilje Lid, for the ATLAS4LAR Study Group   +10 more
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The Impact of Heterogeneity in Individual Characteristics and Motivation to Quit Heroin Use on Contingency Management and Opioid Agonist Treatment Response: A Latent Class Analysis [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Rev
ABSTRACT Introduction Contingency Management (CM) involves the systematic application of positive reinforcement (financial incentives) to promote behaviour change, to improve treatment outcomes for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). To better understand patient heterogeneity, this study sought to identify meaningful subgroups/classes ...
MacGregor L, Weaver T, Strang J, Pilling S, Metrebian N, Goldsmith K.   +5 more
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Survival and cessation in injecting drug users: prospective observational study of outcomes and effect of opiate substitution treatment. [PDF]

BMJ, 2010
To examine survival and long term cessation of injecting in a cohort of drug users and to assess the influence of opiate substitution treatment on these ...
Kimber J, Copeland L, Hickman M, Macleod J, McKenzie J, De Angelis D, Robertson JR.   +6 more
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Mitragynine Attenuates Morphine Withdrawal Effects in Rats—A Comparison With Methadone and Buprenorphine

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundOpiate addiction is a major health problem in many countries. A crucial component of the medical treatment is the management of highly aversive opiate withdrawal signs, which may otherwise lead to resumption of drug taking.
Rahimah Hassan, Cheah Pike See, Sasidharan Sreenivasan, Sharif M. Mansor, Christian P. Müller, Zurina Hassan, Zurina Hassan   +6 more
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FORWARDS-1: an adaptive, single-blind, placebo-controlled ascending dose study of acute baclofen on safety parameters in opioid dependence during methadone-maintenance treatment—a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic study

Trials, 2022
Background Treatment of opiate addiction with opiate substitution treatment (e.g. methadone) is beneficial. However, some individuals desire or would benefit from abstinence but there are limited options to attenuate problems with opiate withdrawal ...
L. M. Paterson, D. Barker, S. Cro, P. Mozgunov, R. Phillips, C. Smith, L. Nahar, S. Paterson, A. R. Lingford-Hughes   +8 more
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Differences in depression severity and frequency of relapses in opiate addicts treated with methadone or opiate blocker after detoxification [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012
Background/Aim. Relapse of opiate dependence is a common occurrence after detoxification and introduction of opiate addicts in abstinence from opiates. Clinical evaluation showed that over 90% of opiate addicts exhibit depressive manifestations during
Jovanović Tatjana, Lazarević Dušan, Nikolić Gordana   +2 more
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HCV treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals. [PDF]

, 2013
UNLABELLED: Substantial reductions in hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) cannot be achieved by harm reduction interventions such as needle exchange and opiate substitution therapy (OST) alone. Current HCV treatment is
Dillon, John, Hellard, M, Grebely, J ; https://orcid.org/, Hellard, Margaret, Goldberg, David J., Martin, Natasha K, Goldberg, DJ, Vickerman, P, Dore, Gregory J, Goldberg, David, Hickman, M ; https://orcid.org/, Hickman, Matthew, Lima, Viviane D, Grebely, J, Hutchinson, SJ, Dillon, John F.; id_orcid, Foster, Graham R., Lima, Viviane, Hickman, M, Martin, Natasha, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid, Lima, VD, Martin, NK, Dore, Gregory J., Foster, Graham, Lima, Viviane D., Dore, Gregory, Vickerman, Peter, Goldberg, David J, Dillon, John F, Grebely, Jason, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Foster, Graham R, Dillon, JF, Dore, GJ ; https://orcid.org/, Foster, GR, Dillon, John F., Dore, GJ, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Martin, Natasha K.   +40 more
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A mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine in community-based care in England and Wales

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction There is a paucity of knowledge and understanding of medical error in opioid substitution treatment programmes. Objectives To characterise patient safety incidents involving opioid-substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine ...
R. Gibson, N. Macleod, L. Donaldson, H. Williams, A. Sheikh, A. Carson-Stevens   +5 more
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