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The North American opioid epidemic: current challenges and a call for treatment as prevention

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
There is a need for creative, public health-oriented solutions to the increasingly intractable problems associated with the North American opioid epidemic.
Devesh Vashishtha, Maria Luisa Mittal, Daniel Werb   +2 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Nitazene Dependence in Sydney, Australia: A Case Series

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 45, Issue 7, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Nitazenes are synthetic opioids with potent μ‐receptor activity. There are increasing reports of nitazene overdoses worldwide. We report on a case series of protonitazene and metonitazene dependence responding to high dose medication for the treatment of opioid dependence in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Daniel Dutkiewicz, Hester Wilson, Peter Chisholm, Thanjira Jiranantakan, Christine Harvey, Kaniz Fatema, Mark Hardy   +6 more
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Conventional Ankle Sprain Treatment is Associated with Alarmingly High Rates of Persistent Opioid Use

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2019
Category: Ankle Introduction/Purpose: The opioid epidemic has been defined by over-prescribing by practitioners and increasing misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioids by patients.
Fred T. Finney MD, Timothy D. Gossett MD, Hsou Mei Hu PhD, Jennifer Waljee MD, Chad Brummett MD, David M Walton MD, Paul G Talusan MD, James R. Holmes MD   +7 more
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The Commercial Determinants of Health: How Clinicians Can Make a Difference

Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 224, Issue 11, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Commercial determinants of health (CDoH) describe the health‐harming products and practices from corporate activities. The rise of global mega‐corporations means these entities have unprecedented power and impact over the public's health and environments, mediated by multi‐pronged influence over individual behaviours, the scientific evidence ...
Lisa Parker, Nicholas Chartres, Kellia Chiu, Barbara Mintzes, Lisa Bero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid consumption following foot and ankle surgery: a systematic review

Journal of the Foot & Ankle
Objective: Systematically review studies characterizing postoperative opioid consumption in patients submitted to foot and ankle surgery to identify trends in opioid consumption among regions of procedures (forefoot, midfoot, hindfoot/ankle) and ...
Christian DeMaio, Robert Nayfa, Ty Reasnor Reasnor, Jake Fox, Zackary Burrow, Samuel Thompson, Amgad Haleem   +6 more
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Special report: The US opioid epidemic.

, 2017
Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.

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Towards opioid access without excess

The Lancet Public Health
Summary: A decade after World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19 recognised palliative care as a component of comprehensive care and universal health coverage throughout the life course, a balanced approach to opioid access remains elusive.
William E Rosa, PhD, Felicia Marie Knaul, ProfPhD, Michael Touchton, PhD, Afsan Bhadelia, PhD, Keith Humphreys, ProfPhD, Lukas Radbruch, ProfMD, M R Rajagopal, MD   +6 more
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At-a-glance - The local response to the Canadian opioid epidemic in the Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington communities

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2019
Canada is facing a national opioid overdose epidemic, with deaths due to opioid overdoses continuing to rise dramatically. To that end, the opioid experiences of the Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington communities, the regional hub for ...
Anees Bahji, Daenis Camiré
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Uncovering the opioid epidemic : student data collection sheet [PDF]

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23: The Appalachian Foothills People, Place, And, The Opioid Epidemic

, 2019
23: the Appalachian Foothills People, Place, and, the Opioid Epidemic is a collection of personal and narrative nonfiction essays centered in the Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia Appalachian foothills region and focused on the impact of the opioid epidemic ...
Diamond Burroway, Sarah E.
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