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Opioid Epidemic [PDF]

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019
Most narcotics and non-synthetic drugs have medicinal values that have helped in treating various conditions in medical practice. Opium is a typical plant that has proved remarkable medicinal values.
Bryan, Combs, Michele M, Hughes, Jill, Ariagno, Elizabeth, Turcotte   +3 more
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The Opioid Epidemic [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2017
The opioid crisis has been declared a national emergency. A multifaceted approach is needed to reduce opioid morbidity and mortality, and occupational health nurses should be actively involved in their workplaces.
Nitin, Chopra, Lauren H, Marasa
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Pills and the damage done: the opioid epidemic as man-made crisis [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
The prescription opioid epidemic has slowly evolved over the past quarter century with increasingly detrimental consequences for public health. Man-made crises are often unforeseen and characterized by a situation without natural causes where – because ...
Rebecca McDonald, Desiree Eide, Svetlana Skurtveit, Svetlana Skurtveit, Thomas Clausen   +4 more
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Are we ready to manage an opioid epidemic in the intensive care unit?

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2022
The current opioid epidemic has had a massive impact on the critical care sector. This is due to an increase in the number of acute opioid overdose-related admissions and the number of opioid-dependent and opioid-tolerant patients admitted to intensive ...
Akshaya Das, Ankur Sharma, Nikhil Kothari, Shilpa Goyal   +3 more
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An answered call for aid? Cannabinoid clinical framework for the opioid epidemic [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The opioid crisis continues in full force, as physicians and caregivers are desperate for resources to help patients with opioid use and chronic pain disorders find safer and more accessible non-opioid tools.
Krista Hammaker, Nathaniel Weathington, Joseph Maroon, Lawton W. Tang, Brian Donohue, Rachel Yehuda, Kenneth M. Ford, Myro Figura, Ben Kelmendi, Belinda Tan, Matthew W. Cook, Steven D. Factor, Laura Lagano, Henry Patrick Driscoll, Adam S. Howe, EunBit G. Cho, David M. Rabin   +16 more
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Evolution of an epidemic: Understanding the opioid epidemic in the United States and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid-related mortality. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
We conduct this research with a two-fold aim: providing a quantitative analysis of the opioid epidemic in the United States (U.S.), and exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid-related mortality.
Rachel Laing, Christl A Donnelly
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The Opioid Epidemic [PDF]

, 2019
Abstract An incisive, essential guide to understanding one of today’s most urgent -- and complex -- problems. The opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the time of World War I and the Great Influenza.
Yngvild Olsen, Joshua M Sharfstein
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The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis [PDF]

, 2022
Objective: To characterize and address the opioid crisis disproportionately impacting rural U.S. regions. Methods: The Rural Opioid Initiative (ROI) is a two-phase project to collect and harmonize quantitative and qualitative data and develop tailored ...
Friedmann, Peter, MD, Stopka, Thomas J., Friedmann, Peter D., Feinberg, Judith, Westergaard, Ryan P., Tsui, Judith I., Cooper, Hannah L. F., Fredericksen, Rob, Rudolph|, Abby E. Rudolph, Joseph A. C. Delaney, Pho, Mai T., Thomas J. Stopka, Allen, Todd M., P. Todd Korthuis, Todd M. Allen, Hannah L. F. Cooper, Vivian F. Go, Seal, David W., Young, April M., Smith, Gordon S., Wiley D. Jenkins, Gordon S. Smith, Korthuis, P. T., null null, David W. Seal, Crane, Heidi M., Jenkins, Richard A., Miller, William C., Ryan P. Westergaard, Delaney, Joseph A. C., Jenkins, Wiley D., William A. Zule, Judith I. Tsui, Mai T. Pho, Rob Fredericksen, Judith Feinberg, Heidi M. Crane, Rudolph, Abby E., Nance, Robin M., Richard A. Jenkins, Robin M. Nance, the Rural Opioid Initiative, Whitney, Bridget M., William C. Miller, Go, Vivian F., Bridget M. Whitney, April M. Young, Peter D. Friedmann, Rudolph, Abby, Korthuis, P. Todd, Zule, William A.   +51 more
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The Potential of Methocinnamox as a Future Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Narrative Review

Pharmacy, 2022
The opioid epidemic is an ongoing public health crisis, and the United States health system is overwhelmed with increasing numbers of opioid-related overdoses.
Colleen G. Jordan, Amy L. Kennalley, Alivia L. Roberts, Kaitlyn M. Nemes, Tenzing Dolma, Brian J. Piper   +5 more
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Cannabis-opioid interaction in the treatment of fibromyalgia pain: an open-label, proof of concept study with randomization between treatment groups: cannabis, oxycodone or cannabis/oxycodone combination—the SPIRAL study

Trials, 2023
Background Opioids continue to be widely prescribed for chronic noncancer pain, despite the awareness that opioids provide only short-time pain relief, lead to dose accumulation, have numerous adverse effects, and are difficult to wean. As an alternative,
Cornelis Jan van Dam, Monique van Velzen, Cornelis Kramers, Arnt Schellekens, Erik Olofsen, Marieke Niesters, Albert Dahan   +6 more
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