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Are we ready to manage an opioid epidemic in the intensive care unit?

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2022
The current opioid epidemic has had a massive impact on the critical care sector. This is due to an increase in the number of acute opioid overdose-related admissions and the number of opioid-dependent and opioid-tolerant patients admitted to intensive ...
Akshaya Das, Ankur Sharma, Nikhil Kothari, Shilpa Goyal   +3 more
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Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2020
Objective The United States is currently in the midst of a major opioid addiction epidemic, of which the primary drivers are a sharp increase in prescription opioid pain medications, their misuse, and the inordinate illicit use of opioids.
Kiersten Gurley, Churchill Onyeii, Jonathan Burstein, Shamai Grossman   +3 more
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Subjective and objective benefits of a novel opioid‐related disorders simulation learning experience for pharmacy students

JACCP: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY, 2023
Abstract Introduction The subjective and objective benefits of an opioid‐related disorders simulation lab have not been well established in pharmacy student education. Opioid‐related disorders are extremely prevalent, and education of pharmacy students should develop as the role of the ...
Daniel Greer, Les Barta, Mei T. Liu, Liza Barbarello Andrews   +3 more
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Introduction to HIV and Addiction Medicine for Residents: Integrated Case-Based Learning

MedEdPORTAL, 2016
Introduction Both HIV and addiction medicine are common clinical issues that medical residents encounter in their training. However, there are projected shortages of providers in both arenas, and studies indicate that trainees have limited exposure to ...
Rachel Simmons, Jennifer Siegel
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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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Exploring the role of mu opioid receptor (OPRM1) and CYP2B6 gene variations for methadone pharmacogenomics. Can these variations be used to advance toxicological interpretation post-mortem?. [PDF]

Methadone is increasingly involved in drug overdose cases and the molecular actions of the drug in vivo are largely unknown requiring elucidation. This study set out to examine the relationship between methadone toxicity and CYP2B6 and mu (μ) opioid ...
Bunten, Hannah
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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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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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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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Initiation of Gabapentin with Opioids and Risk of Respiratory Cardiovascular and Opioid-Related Adverse Events Following Surgery for Breast Cancer. [PDF]

Clin Pharmacol Ther
Pain is a key determinant of quality‐of‐life following breast cancer surgery, the most common cancer operation in the United States. Gabapentinoids are frequently prescribed for pain management, yet their respiratory, cardiovascular, and opioid‐related adverse effects remain unclear.
Lai JH, Avanceña ALV, Cata JP, Barner JC, Giordano SH, Park C, Zhao H, Evoy KE, Lin JK, Spencer JC, Chavez-MacGregor M, Hunt KK, Wanis KN.   +12 more
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