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Opioid Agonist Treatment for Patients With Dependence on Prescription Opioids

JAMA, 2017
Are different opioid agonist treatments (eg, methadone vs buprenorphine) associated with differences in efficacy for treating prescription opioid dependence, and is long-term maintenance of opioid agonist treatment associated with differences in efficacy compared with opioid taper or psychological treatments alone?For patients who are dependent on ...
Nielsen, S, Larance, B, Lintzeris, N
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State criminal justice policy context and opioid agonist treatment delivery among opioid treatment admissions, 2015 [PDF]

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2020
Criminal justice referral to treatment is associated with reduced odds of receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT), the gold-standard treatment for opioid use disorder. States vary substantially in the extent of criminal justice system involvement in opioid treatment; however, the effects on treatment provision are not clear.
Shivani Mantha, Pia M. Mauro, Christine M. Mauro, Silvia S. Martins   +3 more
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Postoperative opioid misuse in patients with opioid use disorders maintained on opioid agonist treatment

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2020
Patients recovering from opioid use disorders (OUD) may be prone to relapse and opioid misuse in the postoperative period due to re-exposure to prescription opioids for pain control. This retrospective study analyzed the incidence of confirmed opioid misuse in the postoperative period in patients with OUDs enrolled in an opioid agonist treatment (OAT ...
Khodadad, Namiranian, Jonathan, Siglin, John David, Sorkin, Edward J, Norris, Minu, Aghevli, Edward C, Covington   +5 more
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Opiate agonist treatment to improve health of individuals with opioid use disorder in Lebanon

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
Background Opioid agonist therapy has been widely used to reduce harms among individuals with opioid use disorder but its effectiveness has not been evaluated in the Middle East North African (MENA) region.
Ali Ghaddar, Zeinab Abbas, Ramzi Haddad
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Changes and trends in medication-assisted treatment in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2023
Background As opioid prescription in Israel is increasing, there is a growing need for monitoring opioid use disorder and providing opioid agonist therapy.
Adi Marom, Iris Levy, Paola Rosca
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Italy's electronic health record system for opioid agonist treatment [PDF]

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2013
Electronic health record systems (EHRs) play an increasingly important role in opioid agonist treatment. In Italy, an EHR called the Multi Functional Platform (MFP) is in use in 150 opioid-agonist treatment facilities in 8 of Italy's 23 regions. This report describes MFP and presents 2010 data from 65 sites that treated 8145 patients, of whom 72.3 ...
Giovanni, Serpelloni, Maurizio, Gomma, Bruno, Genetti, Monica, Zermiani, Claudia, Rimondo, Roberto, Mollica, Jan, Gryczynski, Kevin E, O'Grady, Robert P, Schwartz   +8 more
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Effectiveness of buprenorphine in detoxification and naltrexone in relapse prevention of tramadol-dependent patients: A case series

Archives of Mental Health, 2021
Tramadol hydrochloride is a centrally acting synthetic analgesic drug. Its analgesic properties are weak agonist at mu- and kappa-opioid receptors, blockade of reuptake serotonin (5-HT), and norepinephrine at synaptic cleft inhibiting pain transmission ...
Vijaya Chandra Reddy Avula
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A retrospective cohort study evaluating correlates of deep tissue infections among patients enrolled in opioid agonist treatment using administrative data in Ontario, Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between individual characteristics and deep tissue infections in patients enrolled in opioid agonist treatment in Ontario, Canada.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted on ...
Kristen A Morin, Chad R Prevost, Joseph K Eibl, Michael T Franklyn, Alexander R Moise, David C Marsh   +5 more
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The Bilateral Effects of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders and Opioid Agonist Use: A Vicious Cycle in Methadone Maintenance Clinics

Journal of Sleep Sciences, 2022
Substance use disorder is a critical social and health problem placing a tremendous burden on the country's health care system. Harm reductionpolicy focusing on using opioid agonist make up the majority of the maintenance treatment options.
Lahya Afshari Saleh, Seyed Kaveh Hojjat, Mahnaz Amini, hadi Asadpour   +3 more
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Sleep problems reported by patients entering opioid agonist treatment [PDF]

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2008
Treatment-seeking opioid-dependent individuals frequently report sleep-related problems. This study provides a detailed assessment of sleep duration and quality in this population, including their effect on daily functioning and relationship to psychiatric severity and drug use. Samples of newly admitted patients to opioid agonist maintenance treatment
Christopher K, Burke, Jessica M, Peirce, Michael S, Kidorf, David, Neubauer, Naresh M, Punjabi, Kenneth B, Stoller, Steve, Hursh, Robert K, Brooner   +7 more
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