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Comparative Effectiveness of Different Treatment Pathways for Opioid Use Disorder

JAMA Network Open, 2020
This comparative effectiveness research study examines associations between opioid use disorder treatment pathways and overdose and opioid-related acute care use as proxies for opioid use disorder recurrence.
S. Wakeman, Marc R. Larochelle, O. Ameli, C. Chaisson, J. Mcpheeters, W. Crown, F. Azocar, Darshak M Sanghavi   +7 more
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Alternatives to Arrest for Illicit Opioid Use: A Joint Criminal Justice and Healthcare Treatment Collaboration

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2020
Opioid overdoses continue to be a leading cause of death in the US. This public health crisis warrants innovative responses to help prevent fatal overdose.
Andrea J Yatsco, Rachel D Garza, Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, James R Langabeer   +3 more
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Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths--United States, 2000-2014.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137%, including a 200% increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids (opioid pain relievers ...
R. A. Rudd, Noah Aleshire, Jon E. Zibbell, R. M. Gladden   +3 more
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Efficacy of Tramadol Hydrochloride as Local Anaesthetic and Analgesic Agent for Extraction of Maxillary Teeth [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: To make the extraction experience pain-free administering local anaesthesia before dental extraction is standard protocol worldwide. Over the years, the concept of local anaesthesia and anaesthetic agents has evolved.
U Siva Kalyan, NVV Satya Bhushan, Kc Chiang, D Aparna, T Sunil   +4 more
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Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - United States, 2010-2015.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016
The U.S. opioid epidemic is continuing, and drug overdose deaths nearly tripled during 1999-2014. Among 47,055 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2014 in the United States, 28,647 (60.9%) involved an opioid (1). Illicit opioids are contributing to the
R. A. Rudd, P. Seth, Felicita David, Lawrence Scholl   +3 more
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Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care [PDF]

, 2015
Explores opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Abstract Objective: To explore opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Design:
Elizabeth Roughead, Lisa Pont, Svetla Gadzhanova   +2 more
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Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018
The 63,632 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2016 represented a 21.4% increase from 2015; two thirds of these deaths involved an opioid (1).
Lawrence Scholl, P. Seth, M. Kariisa, N. Wilson, G. Baldwin   +4 more
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Balanced Opioid-free Anesthesia with Dexmedetomidine versus Balanced Anesthesia with Remifentanil for Major or Intermediate Noncardiac Surgery

Anesthesiology, 2021
Background: It is speculated that opioid-free anesthesia may provide adequate pain control while reducing postoperative opioid consumption. However, there is currently no evidence to support the speculation.
H. Beloeil, M. Garot, G. Lebuffe, Alexandre Gerbaud, Julien Bila, P. Cuvillon, Elisabeth Dubout, S. Oger, J. Nadaud, A. Bécret, Nicolas Coullier, Sylvain Lecoeur, Julie Fayon, T. Godet, M. Mazerolles, F. Atallah, S. Sigaut, Pierre-Marie Choinier, K. Asehnoune, A. Roquilly, G. Chanques, M. Esvan, E. Futier, B. Laviolle   +23 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

, 2016
Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M., Kraft, Walter K., Stover, Megan W.   +2 more
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Trauma and acute care surgeons report prescribing less opioids over time. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionConfronted with the opioid epidemic, surgeons must play a larger role to reduce risk of opioid abuse while managing acute pain. Having a better understanding of the beliefs and practices of trauma and acute care surgeons regarding discharge ...
Anderson, Jamie E, Cocanour, Christine S, Galante, Joseph M   +2 more
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