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Interim opioid agonist treatment for opioid addiction: a systematic review [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Background Opioid use disorder is a public health problem and treatment variability, coverage and accessibility poses some challenges. The study’s objective is to review the impact of interim opioid agonist treatment (OAT), a short-term approach for ...
Laura Samsó Jofra +3 more
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Virtual opioid agonist treatment: Alberta’s virtual opioid dependency program and outcomes
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022 Background Virtually delivered healthcare (telehealth, telemedicine) has the potential to reduce gaps in access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT). Barriers to accessing OAT such as lack of transportation, in-person induction requirements, employment ...
Nathaniel Day, Maureen Wass, Kelly Smith
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro +5 more
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Opioid Substitution: More than Only Methadone!
European Psychiatry, 2022 Opioid misuse and its rising rates of morbidity and associated mortality is an increasing area of concern worldwide. The licit/illicit consumption of opioids ranging from plant-based substances and pharmaceutical drugs (particularly analgesia) to the new
M. Torrens
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Alcohol use in opioid agonist treatment [PDF]
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2016 Alcohol misuse among individuals receiving agonist treatment for an opioid use disorder is common and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. At present, though substantial research highlights effective strategies for the screening, diagnosis and management of an alcohol or opioid use disorder individually, less is known about how best ...
Nolan, Seonaid, Klimas, Jan, Wood, Evan
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To describe opioid agonist treatment prescribing rates in provincial prisons and compare with community prescribing rates.Design We used quarterly, cross-sectional data on the number and proportion of people prescribed opioid agonist treatment ...
Fiona Kouyoumdjian +4 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background For people with opioid use disorder who are not responding to oral opioid agonist treatment, evidence supports the effectiveness of injectable opioid agonist treatment with injectable hydromorphone (an opioid analgesic) and diacetylmorphine ...
Heather Palis +3 more
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Nontraditional Alcohol and Opioid Agonist Treatment Interventions [PDF]
Medical Clinics of North America, 2018 Despite the availability of effective medications and psychosocial interventions for the management of a substance use disorder, some individuals repeatedly fail the most aggressive treatment regimens. For such individuals, alternative treatment options exist seeking to mitigate the negative consequences of the use of harmful substances.
Christopher, Fairgrieve +3 more
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Opioid agonist treatment outcomes among individuals with a history of nonfatal overdose: Findings from a pragmatic, pan-Canadian, randomized control trial. [PDF]
Am J AddictCrepeault H +7 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023 Background: Among people who inject drugs, frequent injecting and experiencing withdrawal are associated with facilitating others’ first injections. As these factors may reflect an underlying substance use disorder, we investigated whether first-line ...
Zachary Bouck +9 more
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