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The Association Between Opioid-Related Industry Payments and Opioid Prescribing at the Individual and Ecological Level in Pennsylvania [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: to understand how industry payments related to opioid products are associated with opioid prescribing in Pennsylvania. Methods: we merged the Open Payments data, Medicare Part D public use file, and Dartmouth Hospital Atlas of Health Care ...
George, PhD, MS, Brandon, King, MPHc, John Henri, McIntire, PhD, MPH, Russell K.   +2 more
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Temporal Trends in and Associations With Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug Prescription in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal
Adam S. Mayer, Rui Xiao, Andrew Grossman, Meenakshi Bewtra, Michael D. George, Pamela F. Weiss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engaging the Great Circle: a qualitative study of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s mobile medication unit

Annals of Medicine
Background The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon began a Mobile Medication Unit (MMU) as part of their Great Circle Recovery Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) to address elevated rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) among American ...
Kim A. Hoffman, Chantell Graves, Kelly Rowe, Jennifer Worth, Kellie Pertl, James Laidler, P. Todd Korthuis, Dennis McCarty   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The genomics of neonatal abstinence syndrome [PDF]

, 2017
Significant variability has been observed in the development and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) among neonates exposed to prenatal opioids.
Cole, F. Sessions, Davis, Jonathan M, Wegner, Daniel J   +2 more
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian, Katharine E. Roberts, Michelle Hall, Paula R. Beckenkamp, Angelo Sabag, Karoline Moe, Ana Paula Carvalho‐e‐Silva, Emily J. Callander, Paulo H. Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Efficacy of Peripheral Opioid Antagonists in Opioid-Induced Constipation and Postoperative Ileus: A Systematic Review of the Literature. [PDF]

, 2017
Opioid-induced constipation has a negative impact on quality of life for patients with chronic pain and can affect more than a third of patients. A related but separate entity is postoperative ileus, which is an abnormal pattern of gastrointestinal ...
Baratta, Jaime L., Grant, Alexander E., McNulty, Stephen E., Schwenk, Eric S., Torjman, Marc C., Viscusi, Eugene R.   +5 more
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Evaluating the impact of a national naloxone programme on ambulance attendance at overdose incidents: a controlled time-series analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Background and Aims: It has been suggested that distributing naloxone to people who inject drugs (PWID) will lead to fewer attendances by emergency medical services at opioid-related overdose incidents if peer administration of naloxone was perceived ...
Ashworth, Becketti, Bennett, Bird, Box, Clark, Craig, Darke, Darke, Davoli, Jarosz, Knowlton, Lankenau, Lenton, Longo, McAuley, McAuley, McCain, Merchant, Merrall, Moore, Salmon, Seal, Shermann, Sporer, Strang, Walley, Weatherburn, World Health Organization (WHO), Wright   +29 more
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Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real time, on-site drug checking in low-threshold housing communities

Harm Reduction Journal
Background In recent years, Boston has attempted to increase housing options and reduce overdose risk through the implementation of harm reduction housing (HRH) sites.
Charlie Summers, Joseph Silcox, Sofia Zaragoza, Sabrina Rapisarda, Abigail Edelmann, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cannabis combined with oxycodone for pain relief in fibromyalgia pain: a randomized clinical self-titration trial with focus on adverse events

Frontiers in Pain Research
ObjectivesWe determined whether adding cannabis to oxycodone for chronic non-cancer pain management could reduce treatment-related adverse effects (AEs) while maintaining effective analgesia.MethodsIn this open-label study, fibromyalgia patients aged ≥18 
Cornelis Jan van Dam, Cornelis Jan van Dam, Cornelis Kramers, Cornelis Kramers, Cornelis Kramers, Arnt Schellekens, Arnt Schellekens, Arnt Schellekens, Arnt Schellekens, Marcel Bouvy, Marcel Bouvy, Eveline van Dorp, Eveline van Dorp, Mikael A. Kowal, Erik Olofsen, Albert Dahan, Albert Dahan, Albert Dahan, Albert Dahan, Marieke Niesters, Marieke Niesters, Marieke Niesters, Monique van Velzen, Monique van Velzen   +23 more
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