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Opioid Crisis: No Easy Fix to Its Social and Economic Determinants.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2018
The accepted wisdom about the US overdose crisis singles out prescribing as the causative vector. Although drug supply is a key factor, we posit that the crisis is fundamentally fueled by economic and social upheaval, its etiology closely linked to the ...
N. Dasgupta, L. Beletsky, D. Ciccarone
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neuroimaging for differential diagnosis of transient neurological attacks

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Rapid yet comprehensive neuroimaging protocols are required for patients with suspected acute stroke. However, stroke mimics can account for approximately one in five clinically diagnosed acute ischemic strokes and the rate of thrombolyzed mimics can be as high as 17%.
Ying Wang, Hao Zha
wiley   +1 more source

Simultaneous brain, brainstem, and spinal cord pharmacological-fMRI reveals involvement of an endogenous opioid network in attentional analgesia

open access: yeseLife, 2022
Pain perception is decreased by shifting attentional focus away from a threatening event. This attentional analgesia engages parallel descending control pathways from anterior cingulate (ACC) to locus coeruleus, and ACC to periaqueductal grey (PAG ...
Valeria Oliva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and opioid use disorder: Study protocol and methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Opioid use disorder is a highly disabling psychiatric disorder, and is associated with both significant functional disruption and risk for negative health outcomes such as infectious disease and fatal overdose. Even among those who receive evidence-based
Barlow, David H.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The prescription opioid and heroin crisis: a public health approach to an epidemic of addiction.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2015
Public health authorities have described, with growing alarm, an unprecedented increase in morbidity and mortality associated with use of opioid pain relievers (OPRs).
Andrew J. Kolodny   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medicaid expansion and treatment for opioid use disorders in Oregon: an interrupted time-series analysis

open access: yesAddiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019
Background The study examined the association of the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 Medicaid expansion on the use of psychosocial services and pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorders among Oregon Medicaid recipients.
Dennis McCarty   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Economic Burden of Prescription Opioid Overdose, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States, 2013

open access: yesMedical Care, 2016
Importance:It is important to understand the magnitude and distribution of the economic burden of prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence to inform clinical practice, research, and other decision makers. Decision makers choosing approaches to
C. Florence   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis

open access: yesAddiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Objective To characterize and address the opioid crisis disproportionately impacting rural U.S. regions. Methods The Rural Opioid Initiative (ROI) is a two-phase project to collect and harmonize quantitative and qualitative data and develop tailored ...
R. Jenkins   +23 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

J‐SUPPORT research policy for oral mucositis associated with cancer treatment

open access: yesCancer Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 24, Page 4816-4829, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Oral mucositis is one of the main areas of research in supportive and palliative care of cancer patients. However, the methodology of prospective clinical trials on oral mucositis has not been established, despite its uniqueness.
Tomoya Yokota   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respiratory depression and analgesia by opioid drugs in freely behaving larval zebrafish

open access: yeseLife, 2021
An opioid epidemic is spreading in North America with millions of opioid overdoses annually. Opioid drugs, like fentanyl, target the mu opioid receptor system and induce potentially lethal respiratory depression.
Shenhab Zaig   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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