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Opioid analgesics [PDF]

The Lancet, 2016
Silvia, Allende-Pérez, Alfredo, Covarrubias-Gomez   +1 more
exaly   +8 more sources

Too much or too little opioids to patients receiving opioid agonist therapy in Norway (2013–2017): a prospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Dispensations of opioid analgesics to patients on opioid agonist therapy (OAT) may increase the risk of overdoses. The current study’s objectives are to investigate the dispensation rates and mean daily doses of dispensed opioid analgesics ...
Jørn Henrik Vold, Svetlana Skurtveit, Christer Aas, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal trend of opioid and nonopioid pain medications: results from a national in-home survey, 2001 to 2018

PAIN Reports, 2022
. Introduction:. The opioid epidemic persists in the United States. The use of opioid medications is often assessed by claims data but potentially underestimated. Objectives:.
Yun Wang, Dan Wu, Alexandre Chan, Chih-Hung Chang, Vivian W.Y. Lee, Michael B. Nichol   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subtypes in Patients Taking Prescribed Opioid Analgesics and Their Characteristics: A Latent Class Analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundOwing to their pharmacological properties the use of opioid analgesics carries a risk of abuse and dependence, which are associated with a wide range of personal, social, and medical problems.
Christian Rauschert, Nicki-Nils Seitz, Sally Olderbak, Sally Olderbak, Oliver Pogarell, Tobias Dreischulte, Ludwig Kraus, Ludwig Kraus, Ludwig Kraus   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Central nervous system (CNS) medications and polypharmacy in later life: cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Many central nervous system (CNS) medications are considered potentially inappropriate for prescribing in older people; however, these medications are common in polypharmacy (≥5 medicines) regimens.
Natasha Slater, Simon White, Martin Frisher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Steinmetz, C. N., Szabo, Aniko, Zheng, C.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Changes in analgesic strategies for lobectomy from 2009 to 2018Central MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2021
Objective: To evaluate trends in the use of epidural analgesia and nonopioid and opioid analgesics for patients undergoing lobectomy from 2009 to 2018.
Theresa Lo, MD, Robin Schiller, MD, DMD, Karthik Raghunathan, MBBS, MPH, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD, Oliver K. Jawitz, MD, MHS, Srinivas Pyati, MBBS, MD, FCARCSI, Thomas Van De Ven, MD, PhD, Raquel R. Bartz, MD, Annemarie Thompson, MD, Tetsu Ohnuma, MD, MPH, PhD   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the Global Tragedy of Needless Pain: Rethinking the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [PDF]

, 2007
The lack of medical availability of effective pain medication is an enduring and expanding global health calamity. Despite important medical advances, pain remains severely under-treated worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
Allyn L. Taylor, Birnie, Chayes, Cole, De Lima, Farmer, Foley, Joranson, Raustiala, Scholten, Szasz, Taylor   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Recent Chemical and Pharmacological Developments on 14-Oxygenated-N-methylmorphinan-6-ones

Molecules, 2021
Adequate pain management, particularly chronic pain, remains a major challenge associated with modern-day medicine. Current pharmacotherapy offers unsatisfactory long-term solutions due to serious side effects related to the chronic administration of ...
Mariana Spetea, Helmut Schmidhammer
doaj   +1 more source

Trends and characteristics of accidental and intentional codeine overdose deaths in Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Examines trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and toxicological characteristics of codeine-related deaths. Abstract Objectives: To examine trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and ...
Amanda Roxburgh, Eva Saar, Jennifer Pilgrim, Louisa Degenhardt, Lucinda Burns, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne D Hall   +6 more
core   +1 more source