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Lidocaine and Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Pain Management Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients Admitted for Pain Related to Sickle Cell Disease

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2022
ObjectiveIn this study, we aim to evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive lidocaine and ketamine infusions for opioid reduction in the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients with vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC).DesignWe retrospectively reviewed a cohort of
Nicolas A. Zavala, Randall W. Knoebel, Randall W. Knoebel, Magdalena Anitescu   +3 more
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Pharmacist Services in the Opioid Crisis: Current Practices and Scope in the United States

Pharmacy, 2019
Introduction: Pharmacist roles promoting safe opioid use are recognized in literature and practice. Pharmacists can offer services such as counseling on opioid risks, naloxone dispensing, education on opioid storage and disposal, prescription drug ...
Tanvee Thakur, Meredith Frey, Betty Chewning   +2 more
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Investigating social deprivation and comorbid mental health diagnosis as predictors of treatment access among patients with an opioid use disorder using substance use services: a prospective cohort study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Opioid use is a major public health concern across the globe. Opioid use and subsequent access to care is often shaped by co-occurring issues faced by people using opioids, such as deprivation, mental ill-health, and other forms of substance ...
Emma A Adams, Justin C Yang, Amy O’Donnell, Sarah Minot, David Osborn, James B Kirkbride   +5 more
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National opioid crisis [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2016
Friesen and colleagues[1][1] have provided invaluable insight into unsafe opioid prescribing in Canada over a time when we have seen unprecedented increases in prescriptions for opioids[2][2] and consequently the number of associated harms, including death.[3][3] As an opioid prescribing educator,
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Emergency department strategies to combat the opioid crisis in children and adolescents

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
The opioid crisis has greatly affected not only adults but also children as well. As clinicians develop effective approaches to minimize pain and distress in children, the risks and benefits of opioids must be carefully considered.
Cindy D. Chang, Mohsen Saidinejad, Zaza Atanelov, Ann M. Dietrich, Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam, Emily Rose, Tim Ruttan, Sam Shahid, Michael J. Stoner, Carmen Sulton, Corrie E. Chumpitazi, the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee   +11 more
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Effectiveness of Policies for Addressing the US Opioid Epidemic: A Model-Based Analysis from the Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2021
Introduction: The U.S. opioid crisis has been exacerbated by COVID-19 and the spread of synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl). Methods: We model the effectiveness of reduced prescribing, drug rescheduling, prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), tamper ...
Isabelle J. Rao, Keith Humphreys, Margaret L. Brandeau   +2 more
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The federal plan for health science and technology’s response to the opioid crisis: understanding sex and gender differences as part of the solution is overlooked

Biology of Sex Differences, 2019
The Fast-Track Action Committee on (the) Health Science and Technology Response to the Opioid Crisis recently released their draft report for public comment.
Jill B. Becker, Carolyn M. Mazure
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RCNI Rape Crisis Statistics 2020 [PDF]

, 2021
Annual data entered by Rape Crisis Centres into the RCNI Data Collection ...
Mears, Elaine
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Opioid Crisis [PDF]

Annals of Psychiatry and Treatment, 2017
Deaths from opioid overdose in the United States doubled between 2000-2014. An increase in prescription opioid drug-induced fatalities parallels a rise in the frequency of these medications being prescribed. Although the number of legal narcotics sold in this country has nearly quadrupled, there is no change reported in the degree of pain Americans ...
SK Sarai, S Lippmann
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Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2019
Background Canada is facing an urgent challenge to reduce the harms associated with opioids: from January 2016 to December of 2018, more than 11,500 individuals lost their lives due to opioid related harms.
Sheena Taha, Bridget Maloney-Hall, Jane Buxton   +2 more
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