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Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021 alone. In recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural communities to Black urban communities. This study aimed to identify the
Jacqueline B. Britz, MD, MSPH, Kristen M. O'Loughlin, MS, MA, Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS, Alicia Richards, BS, Roy T. Sabo, PhD, Heather G. Saunders, PhD, MSW, Sebastian T. Tong, MD, MPH, E. Marshall Brooks, PhD, Jason Lowe, MSW, CPHQ, Ashley Harrell, LCSW, Christine Bethune, MSW, F. Gerard Moeller, MD, Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH   +12 more
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Relative effectiveness of medications for opioid-related disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLOS ONE, 2022
IntroductionSeveral pharmacotherapeutic interventions are available for maintenance treatment for opioid-related disorders. However, previous meta-analyses have been limited to pairwise comparisons of these interventions, and their efficacy relative to all others remains unclear.
Jihoon Lim, Imen Farhat, Antonios Douros, Dimitra Panagiotoglou   +3 more
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Opioid-Related Disorders Among Pregnant Women with Sickle Cell Disease and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Pain Medicine, 2020
Abstract Objective Opioid use during pregnancy has increased in recent years, parallel with the opioid epidemic in the general population. Opioids are commonly used as an analgesic for pain crisis, a hallmark symptom of sickle cell disease (SCD).
Francis Darlington, Benjamina Mbah Acha, Tasha Roshan, Charles Ikeanyionwu, Seun Kutse, Uzoamaka Abajue, Billy Osazuwa, Ian Gomez, Kiara K Spooner, Jason L Salemi, Deepa Dongarwar, Omonike A Olaleye, Hamisu M Salihu, Uche Anadu Ndefo   +13 more
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Overlapping mechanisms of stress-induced relapse to opioid use disorder and chronic pain: Clinical implications

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2016
Over the past two decades, a steeply growing number of persons with chronic non-cancer pain have been using opioid analgesics chronically to treat it, accompanied by a markedly increased prevalence of individuals with opioid-related misuse, opioid use ...
Udi E Ghitza
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
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Opioid Use Disorder in Women and the Implications for Treatment

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 2021
Objective The opioid epidemic continues to evolve and impact all groups of people. Moreover, there are concerning trends among women. The aim of this article is to provide a review of opioid use disorder in women and the implications for treatment ...
Celestina Barbosa‐Leiker, Aimee N. C. Campbell, R. Kathryn McHugh, Constance Guille, Shelly F. Greenfield   +4 more
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Association of Medicaid expansion and 1115 waivers for substance use disorders with hospital provision of opioid use disorder services: a cross sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Introduction Opioid-related hospitalizations have risen dramatically, placing hospitals at the frontlines of the opioid epidemic. Medicaid expansion and 1115 waivers for substance use disorders (SUDs) are two key policies aimed at expanding access to ...
Ji Eun Chang, Cory E. Cronin, Zoe Lindenfeld, José A. Pagán, Berkeley Franz   +4 more
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Opioid Use Disorders in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Review of Implications for Patient Outcomes, Drug Interactions, and Neurocognitive Disorders

Pharmacy, 2020
The opioid epidemic has had a significant, negative impact in the United States, and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) represent a vulnerable sub-population that is at risk for negative sequela from prolonged opioid use or opioid use disorder (OUD ...
Alina Cernasev, Michael P. Veve, Theodore J. Cory, Nathan A. Summers, Madison Miller, Sunitha Kodidela, Santosh Kumar   +6 more
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Inhibition of activity of GABA transporter GAT1 by δ-opioid receptor [PDF]

, 2012
Analgesia is a well-documented effect of acupuncture. A critical role in pain sensation plays the nervous system, including the GABAergic system and opioid receptor (OR) activation.
Fucke, Thomas, Schwarz, Wolfgang, Xu, Nanjie, Pu, Lu, Pei, Gang, Gu, Quanbao, Xia, Peng, Ren, Shuanglai   +7 more
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