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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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Sources of strength: a process evaluation of a university-high school partnership to promote mental health protective factors

Frontiers in Public Health
The purpose of this manuscript was to discuss the implementation process of a student-led positive psychological and behavioral program (i.e., Sources of Strength) at a local high school to prevent opioid use and suicide behavior.
Duke Biber, Gina Brandenburg
doaj   +1 more source

Glucocorticoid exposure and initiation of SSRIs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A nested case–control study in UK primary care

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The immune system might affect the development of anxiety disorders, though mechanisms remain unclear. This nested case–control study investigates whether use of glucocorticoids, potent immunosuppressants, is associated with SSRI initiation (a proxy for pharmacologically treated mental disorders, predominantly depression and/or anxiety).
Elise J. Heesbeen, Patrick C. Souverein, Eibert R. Heerdink, Elisabeth Y. Bijlsma, Lucianne Groenink   +4 more
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Tracking and considerations on the therapeutic management of neuropathic pain in adult patients with sickle cell disease

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sickle cell disease is considered the most common hereditary disorder in Brazil. The chronic pain resulting from some complications of sickle cell disease is still poorly understood, inadequately described, and under-researched.
Lais Costa Akcelrud Durão, Adriana do Carmo de Souza, Emanuele Pesenti, Maria Beatriz Campos, Daniel Benzecry Almeida   +4 more
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Understanding the opioid overdose epidemic [PDF]

The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020 and has quintupled since 1999. Nearly 75% of the 91,799 drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid.

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Barriers and Needs of Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Providers [PDF]

This is a research brief describing findings of a needs assessment with individuals who provided prevention, treatment, or recovery services for opioid use in rural Washington ...
Northwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Collaborative
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Editorial: Opioids and opioid-use disorders

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Giordano de Guglielmo, Marsida Kallupi, Andrea Cippitelli, Daniele Caprioli, Daniele Caprioli, Kabirullah Lutfy   +5 more
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Paediatric clonidine medication errors: Findings from a multicentre French study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims This study aimed to describe the characteristics of medication errors involving clonidine in paediatric patients and reported to French Network of Pharmacovigilance and Poison Control Centres. Methods This retrospective observational study analysed clonidine‐related medication errors reported between 1985 and June 2024 in patients under 12 years ...
Eve‐Marie Thillard, Anthony Facile, Marion Lepelley, Morgane Cellier, Laurent Chouchana, Sophie Gautier, Ramy Azzouz, Thierry Vial, Annie‐Pierre Jonville‐Bera   +8 more
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Clinical relevance of pharmacogenomic information for improving prescribing practices in acutely admitted older medical patients

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Safe prescribing and effective medication review during acute hospitalization depends on accurate information about liver and kidney function because these organs are responsible for the elimination of most medications. While estimates for kidney function are widely used, comparable markers of hepatic drug‐metabolizing capacity are not routinely ...
Louise Westberg Strejby Christensen, Anne Kirstine Boas, Emilie Clausen, Nicoline Elers Koch, Anne Byriel Walls, Lotte Stig Nørgaard, Michael Asger Andersen, Anissa Aharaz, Rikke Lundsgaard Nielsen, Olivia Bornæs, Juliette Tavenier, Baker Nawfal Jawad, Helle Gybel Juul‐Larsen, Esben Iversen, Ove Andersen, Lona Louring Christrup, Kim Peder Dalhoff, Morten Baltzer Houlind   +17 more
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Gabapentin as an add‐on analgesic to morphine in paediatric patients with chronic pain

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Off‐label use of gabapentin for the treatment of chronic pain in children has increased over the last decade, with multiple clinical trials evaluating its role pain management and potential opioid‐sparing effects. To date, however, these studies appear to rely on empirical evidence without further consideration of pharmacokinetic‐pharmacodynamic ...
Paul Healy, Mariagrazia Felisi, Adriana Ceci, Oscar Della Pasqua, on Behalf of the GAPP Consortium, Corinne Alberti, Donato Bonifazi, Adriana Ceci, Thomas G. de Leeuw, Saskia N. de Wildt, Mariagrazia Felisi, Florentia Kaguelidou, Enora Le Roux, Rebecca Lundin, Laura Mangiarini, Dick Tibboel   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source