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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
Aitken, Allen, Berg, Burns, Cohen, Cohen, Cornish, Dahari, Dimova, Dore, Gane, Grebely, Grebely, Hagan, Hallinan, Harris, Health Protection Scotland and the University of the West of Scotland, Hellard, Hellard, Hickman, Innes, Iverson, Iverson, Jacobson, Kemp, Kim, Kimber, Kirwan, Lindenburg, Lindenburg, Liu, Liu, Ly, Maher, Martin, Martin, Martin, Mathers, McCaw, McInnes, Mehta, Micallef, Mondelli, Nelson, Nosyk, O'Keefe, Poordad, Poordad, Quinn, Shepard, Stoove, Sweeting, Turner, Vickerman, Vickerman, Wood, Zeiler   +56 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, Kelsey Elliott, Amy Powell, Mary A. Simpson, Maddy Bash   +4 more
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Integration of smoking cessation into standard treatment for patients receiving opioid agonist therapy who are smoking tobacco: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ATLAS4LAR)

Trials, 2022
Background About 85% of patients receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for opioid dependence are smoking tobacco. Although smoke-related pulmonary diseases are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality, few smoking cessation interventions are ...
Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Einar Furulund, Jan Tore Daltveit, Jørn Henrik Vold, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Tesfaye Madebo, Lars Thore Fadnes, for the ATLAS4LAR Study Group   +7 more
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Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> It is assumed within the accumulated literature that children born of pregnant opioid dependent mothers have impaired neurobehavioral function as a consequence of chronic intrauterine opioid use.<p>&
A Baldacchino, A Liberati, A Ornoy, A Sameroff, A Verdejo-Garcia, AJ Dunlop, Alex Baldacchino, American Psychiatric Association, B Hanson, BJ Cleary, Britannica, C Konijnenberg, C Konijnenberg, Colin McCowan, DE Hutchings, Dennis J Petrie, Department of Health (England) and the devolved administrations, DF Stroup, E Rotheram-Fuller, E Strauss, EK Emory, FM Wolf, GJ Demakis, H Cooper, HC Steinhausen, HE Jones, HE Jones, I Fihrer, I van Beusekom, IM Bernstein, J Cohen, J Cohen, J Keegan, J Kimber, J Prosser, JE Hunter, JN Whitham, JP Higgins, K Spiteri Cornish, Kathleen Arbuckle, KB Walhovd, KD Ersche, KK Zakzanis, L Manchikanti, L McGlone, LV Hedges, LV Hedges, LW Anderson, M Borenstein, M Borenstein, M Connock, M Farrell, M Grattan, M Pirastu, MD Lezak, MM de Cubas, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, NICE, NICHD, PS Bauman, R Bunikowski, R Cornish, R Hamilton, R King, RE Johnson, RG Orwin, RJ Sternberg, RW Hunt, S Darke, S Minozzi, S Salo, S Simeons, S Soepatmi, S Tong, Scottish Government, SL Grace, SL Hans, SL Hans, SM Petterson, SM Quinhana, SR Kandall, TB Huedo-Medina, TJ Ornstein, TS Rosen, V Moe, WH Organization, WK Lombardo   +86 more
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Emergence of opiate substitution treatment in general practice

, 2010
In the nineteen nineties, the drug addiction treatment world took a change of direction. Until then "drug addiction" was confined to specialised approach, which treated it as the symptom of a disturbance inherent in the individual, psychological in origin.
Saïd Megherbi
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Prevalence and correlates of suicide attempts in high-risk populations: a cross-sectional study among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy in Norway

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Death by suicide in patients enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is a major clinical concern. However, little knowledge exists regarding suicide attempts in this patient group.
Jørn Henrik Vold, Else-Marie Løberg, Christer F. Aas, Jan Alexander Steier, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes   +5 more
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The SUMMIT trial: a field comparison of buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance treatment. [PDF]

, 2010
This prospective patient-preference study examined the effectiveness in practice of methadone versus buprenorphine maintenance treatment and the beliefs of subjects regarding these drugs. A total of 361 opiate-dependent individuals (89% of those eligible,
Holland, R, Maskrey, V, Pinto, H, Rumball, D, Swift, L, Wagle, A   +5 more
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Individual and structural correlates of willingness for intravenous buprenorphine treatment among people who inject sublingual buprenorphine in France

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Some people do not benefit from oral administration of opioid agonist treatment, and an intravenous (IV) formulation may be more suitable. Our objective was to evaluate the willingness of people who regularly inject sublingual buprenorphine to
Salim Mezaache, Patrizia Carrieri, Laélia Briand-Madrid, Virginie Laporte, Alain Morel, Daniela Rojas Castro, Perrine Roux   +6 more
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Loneliness and Perceived Stigmatization Among Older Adults Enrolled in Opiate Substitution Treatment Programs and the Utilization of Mental Health Services [PDF]

, 2015
Little research has examined the role that loneliness and perceived stigmatization play in the decision to seek mental health services among older adults enrolled in opiate substitution treatment.
Armstrong, Jennifer B.
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

, 2016
Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M., Kraft, Walter K., Stover, Megan W.   +2 more
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