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Background Patients with chronic pain on opioids frequently experience loneliness, which is associated with poorer health outcomes and higher risk for opioid misuse and opioid use disorder. Given that almost half of opioids are prescribed in primary care,
Sebastian T. Tong +9 more
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Oral health status and its determinants among opiate dependents: a cross-sectional study
Background In addition to numerous general health problems, drug dependents manifest various oral health disorders. Our aim was to investigate the oral health status and its determinants among in-treatment opiate dependents.
Hajar Shekarchizadeh +4 more
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Prevalence and practice of opioid prescription at a Swiss emergency department: 2013–2017
AIMS OF THE STUDY Addiction associated with prescription opioids is increasing worldwide, including Switzerland. We aimed (1) to determine whether the prevalence and incidence of opioid therapy at an emergency department (ED) in Switzerland ...
Katharina Gaertner +5 more
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Background Hospitalizations involving opioid use disorder (OUD) have been increasing among Medicare beneficiaries of all ages. With rising OUD-related acute care use comes the need to understand where post-acute care is provided and the capacities for ...
Patience Moyo +6 more
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Exploring Influences on Theory of Mind Impairment in Opioid Dependent Patients
Theory of mind (ToM) is an aspect of social cognition impaired in different addictive disorders, including opioid addiction. This study aimed at replicating ToM deficits in opioid dependent patients undergoing opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) and ...
Katharina Eidenmueller +8 more
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Abstract Purpose We examined the prevalence of, and factors associated with, serious opioid-related adverse drug events (ORADEs) that led to an emergency department (ED) visit or hospitalization among patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders dually enrolled in the Department ...
Salva N, Balbale +9 more
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Background Punjab, a northwestern state of India, is experiencing a serious substance use crisis with wide-ranging public health, social, and economic consequences.
Heena Sachdeva, Manish Sharma, Maninder
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Canadian trends in opioid-related mortality and disability from opioid use disorder from 1990 to 2014 through the lens of the Global Burden of Disease Study [PDF]
Introduction Several regions in Canada have recently experienced sharp increases in opioid overdoses and related hospitalizations and deaths. This paper describes opioid-related mortality and disability from opioid use disorder in Canada from 1990 to 2014 using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.
Heather M. Orpana +8 more
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Background Hepatitis C infection (HCV) and opioid use disorder (OUD) are syndemic in the U.S., thus primary care providers (PCPs) who treat OUD by prescribing buprenorphine can play key roles to advance HCV elimination targets.
Jocelyn R. James +7 more
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Comparison of early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins in patients with opioid abuse and non-abusers. [PDF]
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the difference of early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins in opioid abusers and non-opioid abusers.
Mohammad Reza Jalali +3 more
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