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Preventing Opioid Addiction in Buncombe County, North Carolina [PDF]

, 2020
Opioid addiction is a significant health problem in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Opioid addiction can result in death from overdoses, economic hardship including high costs for treatment, decreased work productivity, and legal involvement (NIDA, n.d.)
Franquemont, Rachel
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New developments in managing opioid addiction: impact of a subdermal buprenorphine implant

, 2017
MariaLisa Itzoe, Michael Guarnieri Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Opioid addiction to prescription and illicit drugs is a serious and growing problem.
Itzoe M, Guarnieri M
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Addressing the growing opioid and heroin abuse epidemic: a call for medical school curricula

Medical Education Online, 2018
Substance abuse is a growing public health concern in the USA (US), especially now that the US faces a national drug overdose epidemic. Over the past decade, the number of drug overdose deaths has rapidly grown, largely driven by increases in ...
Madison C. Ratycz, Thomas J. Papadimos, Allison A. Vanderbilt   +2 more
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Comparison of Demographic Characteristics of Methamphetamine versus Opioid Users in The Addiction Treatment Center: A Case Study [PDF]

پژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2017
Background & Objectives: Opioid use has a long history in Iran. In recent years, with the changing pattern of drug use from traditional to industrial substances, the use of stimulants, especially methamphetamine has been increased.
Mahdieh Ebrahiminia, Maryam Ebrahiminia, Monire Azizi   +2 more
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Neurobiology of opioid addiction

, 2018
Since the use of opioids started to emerge for analgesic reasons in the 19th century with the synthetization of morphine, opioids have been studied rigorously to better understand its effects on the brain.
Rudén, Ludvig
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One in four inmates receiving methadone for opioid addiction at Mountjoy Prison.

Almost one in four inmates at Mountjoy Prison is receiving methadone for opioid addiction, new figures have revealed. The proportion is highest among inmates in the women’s prison at the Mountjoy campus, where 40 per cent of prisoners are receiving ...
McDonagh, Darragh
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The endogenous opioid system in human alcoholics: molecular adaptations in brain areas involved in cognitive control of addiction

, 2011
The endogenous opioid system (EOS) plays a critical role in addictive processes. Molecular dysregulations in this system may be specific for different stages of addiction cycle and neurocircuitries involved and therefore may differentially contribute to ...
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Comparison of psychiatric disorders in a sample of Egyptian patients with methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) versus opioid use disorder (OUD): rate and addiction severity

Middle East Current Psychiatry
Background Substance use disorder (SUD) represents a growing challenge to public health worldwide. In Egypt, reported prevalence ranges from 7.25% to 14.5%, and the condition is commonly linked with co-occurring psychiatric disorders and adverse physical
Nahla Nagy, Nesreen Mohsen, Hanan Elrasssas, Rehab Serag, Nada Helmy, Yomna ElHawary   +5 more
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Opioid pharmacotherapy: delivery in community pharmacy

, 2019
[Extract] Opioid substitution has been recognised globally as an effective harm minimisation strategy for the treatment of opioid addiction. Key principles behind opioid substitution are to reduce or cease licit and illicit opioid use, to reduce the risk
Felkai, Chelsea, Swinburne, Glen, Cooper, Joyce, Kairuz, Therese   +3 more
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Long-term opioid treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain: unproven efficacy and neglected safety?

Journal of Pain Research, 2013
Igor Kissin Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Background: For the past 30 years, opioids have been used to treat chronic nonmalignant pain. This study
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