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Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence [PDF]
Maintenance treatments are effective in retaining patients in treatment and suppressing heroin use. Questions remain regarding the efficacy of additional psychosocial services.To evaluate the effectiveness of any psychosocial plus any agonist maintenance treatment versus standard agonist treatment for opiate dependenceWe searched the Cochrane Drugs and
Laura, Amato +3 more
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Background People with substance use disorders generally have unhealthy diets, including limited intake of fruit and vegetables. Evidence shows substantial health benefits from increasing fruit and vegetable consumption on various indicators and possibly
Lars T. Fadnes +10 more
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Opioid agonist treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependent people
There are increasing concerns regarding pharmaceutical opioid harms including overdose and dependence, with an associated increase in treatment demand. People dependent on pharmaceutical opioids appear to differ in important ways from people who use heroin, yet most opioid agonist treatment research has been conducted in people who use heroin.To assess
Nielsen, S +5 more
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The increasing prevalence of illicit stimulant use among those in opioid treatment programs poses a significant risk to public health, stimulant users have the lowest rate of retention and poorest outcomes among those in addiction treatment, and current ...
Christopher S. Stauffer +8 more
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Objective The objective was to characterize the relationship between geography, concurrent psychiatric services, all-cause mortality, and acute health care use for individuals enrolled in Opioid Agonist Treatment, in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted
Kristen A. Morin +7 more
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ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between concurrent physician-based mental health services, all-cause mortality, and acute health service use for individuals enrolled in Opioid Agonist Treatment in Ontario, Canada ...
Kristen A Morin +6 more
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Background The last decade has shown a remarkable increase in the rates of illicit opioid use in Canada and internationally, which is associated with large increases in opioid related morbidity and mortality.
Joseph Sadek, Joseph Saunders
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BUPRENORPHINE IN OPIOID ADDICTION TEREATMENT: STUDIES WITH METHADONE COMPARISON
Methadone maintenance treatment is the most widely used pharmacological treatment approach for opioid addiction in many countries. In spite of many benefits that was gained after the usage of full agonist methadone, especially high numbers of patients ...
E.Cüneyt Evren +3 more
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Suboxone: History, controversy, and open questions
There are more than 200 opioid overdose deaths each day in the US. In combating this epidemic we look to available treatment tools. Here, we find only three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of opioid use ...
Andy Sivils +3 more
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Injectable opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: a national clinical guideline [PDF]
KEY POINTS In 2018, at least 4460 Canadians died from an opioid overdose, of which 94% were determined to be unintentional (accidental) overdoses. This represents a 9% increase in overdose deaths from 2017 and a 48% increase from 2016.[1][1] The recent emergence of street fentanyl, carfentanil ...
Nadia, Fairbairn +10 more
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