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Narrative Review of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Changes During the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Their Impact on American Indian/Alaska Native Communities

Nursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The United States (US) declared drug overdose a public health emergency in 2017. Despite this, two million people reported having an opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2018. However, following the beginning of COVID‐19 there was a 53% increase in overdose deaths, with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals experiencing the ...
Chyla Bingham‐Hendricks, Autaquay Peters‐Mosquera, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, Cedric Woods, Teri Aronowitz   +4 more
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Peer involvement and cross-sector efforts in establishing integrated treatment of hepatitis C virus infection for people with substance use disorders: experiences from Norway

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2019
Background For people with opioid dependence in Norway, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections contribute to high mortality and high morbidity. Around 50% of patients in medically assisted rehabilitation (MAR) have been shown to have HCV, and the ...
Ole Jørgen Lygren, Ronny Bjørnestad, Else-Marie Løberg, Martine Lepsøy Bonnier, Vibeke Bråthen Buljovcic, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars T. Fadnes, for the INTRO-HCV Study Group   +7 more
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Prospective case‐control cohort analysis of two‐day/two‐stage pelvic exenteration surgery: Safety, feasibility, acceptability and medium‐term outcomes

Colorectal Disease, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Aim Pelvic exenteration (PE) is the only curative option for extensive pelvic cancers. Advances have facilitated increasingly complex resectional and reconstructive components, including per‐operative oncological adjuncts such as intraoperative radiotherapy.
Charles T. West, Yousif Salem, Siddharth Jain, Lewis Matthews, Julian Smith, Marios Nicolaou, Hideaki Yano, Malcolm A. West, Alex H. Mirnezami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outlining the role of experiential expertise in professional work in health care service co-production

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2021
Patient and public involvement is widely thought to be important in the improvement of health care delivery and in health equity.Purpose: The article examines the role of experiential knowledge in service co-production in order to develop opiate ...
Hannele Palukka, Arja Haapakorpi, Petra Auvinen, Jaana Parviainen   +3 more
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A clinical study on risk behaviors and seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C among injection drug users on opioid substitution therapy: An observational study

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2020
Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV infection among IDUs is an emerging trend. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is an evidence-based treatment for opiate-dependent clients that replaces illicit drug use with medically
Shabir Ahmad Dar, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Aaliya Khanam, Shazia Kousar   +3 more
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The Parents under Pressure parenting programme for families with fathers receiving treatment for opioid dependence: the PuP4Dads feasibility study

Public Health Research, 2022
Background: The impact of parental drug use on children is a major public health problem. However, opioid-dependent fathers have been largely ignored in parenting research. Objective: To implement and test the feasibility and acceptability of the Parents
Anne Whittaker, Lawrie Elliott, Julie Taylor, Sharon Dawe, Paul Harnett, Andrew Stoddart, Peter Littlewood, Roy Robertson, Barbara Farquharson, Heather Strachan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selective review and commentary on emerging pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction. [PDF]

, 2011
Pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction under active development in the US include lofexidine (primarily for managing withdrawal symptoms) and Probuphine®, a distinctive mode of delivering buprenorphine for six months, thus relieving patients, clinicians,
Ling, Walter, Miotto, Karen, Mooney, Larissa, Nielsen, Suzanne, Torrington, Matthew, Zhao, Min   +5 more
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Drug Policy and the HIV Pandemic in Russia and Ukraine [PDF]

, 2004
Over the past three years Russia and Ukraine have experienced one of the fastest growing HIV pandemics in Europe. In contrast to other parts of the world, the main driver behind the rate of infection is injecting drug use. Recent government policies have
Klein, Axel, Roberts, Marcus, Trace, Mike   +2 more
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Inhibitory effect of oestradiol on the cardiac KV7.1/KCNE1 channel is species dependent

Experimental Physiology, Volume 111, Issue 1, Page 54-68, 1 January 2026.
Abstract Oestradiol (17β‐E2) is reported to prolong the cardiac action potential duration and QT interval, in part by affecting cardiac ion channels. Previous studies found inhibiting 17β‐E2 effects on the repolarizating cardiac KV7.1/KCNE1 channel, or its native current, in heterologous expression systems or tissue from animal species.
Veronika A. Linhart, Lucas Dauga, Sara I. Liin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prisons and Drugs: A global review of incarceration, drug use and drug services. Report 12 [PDF]

, 2007
Prisons play an important role in drug policy. They are used to punish people who break drug laws and they also hold a large number of people who have experience of drug use and drug problems.
Brentari, C., Dolan, K., Khoei, E.M., Stevens, Alex   +3 more
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