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The Process of Healing from Opioid Addiction [PDF]
, 2021 In the last several years, rates and concern about opioid addiction in the US have intensified. It is estimated that more than 130 people die every day from opioid-related drug overdoses (National Center for Health Statistics, 2017).
McDonald, James Edward
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A computational strategy for finding novel targets and therapeutic compounds for opioid dependence.
PLoS ONE, 2018 Opioids are widely used for treating different types of pains, but overuse and abuse of prescription opioids have led to opioid epidemic in the United States. Besides analgesic effects, chronic use of opioid can also cause tolerance, dependence, and even
Xiaojun Wu +6 more
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Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction and Purpose: Opioid addiction is a serious challenge for public health worldwide, and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a key therapeutic approach.
Karolina Koszyczarek +7 more
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Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2017 Although methadone (an opioid agonist) and buprenorphine (a partial opioid agonist) have evidence to support their use in treating opioid use disorder, they remain misunderstood and underutilized. In this article, we outline the risks and benefits of using these drugs as maintenance therapy in opioid-dependent patients.
Vania, Modesto-Lowe +3 more
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The Extract of Corydalis yanhusuo Prevents Morphine Tolerance and Dependence
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 The opioid epidemic was triggered by an overprescription of opioid analgesics. In the treatment of chronic pain, repeated opioid administrations are required which ultimately lead to tolerance, physical dependence, and addiction.
Lamees Alhassen +6 more
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A review of opioid addiction genetics [PDF]
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2019 Opioid use disorder (OUD) affects millions of people worldwide and the risk of developing the disorder has a significant genetic component according to twin and family studies. Identification of the genetic variants underlying this inherited risk has focused on two different methods: candidate gene studies and genome-wide association studies (GWAS ...
Richard C Crist +2 more
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Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2019 Malik Mumtaz Taqi,1 Muhammad Faisal,2,3 Hadar Zaman4 1Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 2Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK; 3Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching ...
Taqi MM, Faisal M, Zaman H
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Prevention of Opioid Addiction
Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences, 2021 Opioid addiction is classified as a Substance Use Disorder (SUD), a complex and chronic health condition with physical, social, and psychological consequences. While there is no cure for it, we present a novel approach towards preventing a hallmark feature of addiction-- the opiate withdrawal syndrome.
Ihezie, Stephanie A, Dafny, Nachum
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Addiction NeuroscienceThe Special Issue on Stress and Addiction is concerned with interrelationships between environmental stimuli such as stress and endogenous opioid systems that lead to addiction and other behaviors.
Giuseppe Cataldo +2 more
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MicroRNAs in opioid addiction: elucidating evolution.
Frontiers in Genetics, 2012 Three reviews in the Frontiers Research Topic Non-Coding RNA and Addiction (Zheng et al 2012; He and Wang 2012; Rodriguez 2012 in press), grouped under the chapter MicroRNAs and Morphine, focus on the contribution of microRNAs to opioid abuse.
Emily Jane Wood, Leonard eLipovich
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