Results 31 to 40 of about 333,138 (224)

The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis

open access: yes, 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 ...
Stopka, Thomas J.   +49 more
core   +1 more source

The opioid epidemic and national guidelines for opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain: a perspective from different continents

open access: yesPAIN Reports, 2017
. Introduction:. A marked rise in opioid prescriptions for patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with a parallel increase in opioid abuse/misuse, and resulting deaths was noted in the Unites states in the past decade (opioid epidemic). In response,
Winfried Häuser   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid use disorder and treatment: challenges and opportunities

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Addiction health service researchers have focused efforts on opioid use disorder (OUD) and strategies to address the emerging public health threats associated with the epidemics of opioid use and opioid overdose.
Kim A. Hoffman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Epidemics

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
In this paper, I propose an economic theory that addresses the epidemic character of opioid epidemics. I consider a community in which individuals are heterogenous with respect to the experience of chronic pain and susceptibility to addiction and live through two periods.
openaire   +5 more sources

Cannabis combined with oxycodone for pain relief in fibromyalgia pain: a randomized clinical self-titration trial with focus on adverse events

open access: yesFrontiers in Pain Research
ObjectivesWe determined whether adding cannabis to oxycodone for chronic non-cancer pain management could reduce treatment-related adverse effects (AEs) while maintaining effective analgesia.MethodsIn this open-label study, fibromyalgia patients aged ≥18 
Cornelis Jan van Dam   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid mediated activity and expression of mu and delta opioid receptors in isolated human term non-laboring myometrium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The existence of opioid receptors in mammalian myometrial tissue is now widely accepted. Previously enkephalin degrading enzymes have been shown to be elevated in pregnant rat uterus and a met-enkephalin analogue has been shown to alter spontaneous ...
McMorrow, Jason P.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Do drugs approved via expedited approval pathways have therapeutic advantages? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Regulators use expedited approval pathways to speed market approval and patient access to promising new drugs. However, there is uncertainty about whether these pathways are successful in approving drugs with significant therapeutic advantages. This systematic review aims to examine the safety, effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of drugs approved via
Ashleigh Hooimeyer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forecasting the opioid epidemic [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2016
Since 2000, almost half a million Americans have died from drug overdoses. This modern plague—largely driven by opioid addiction—degrades health, saps productivity, spawns crime, and devastates families, all at enormous societal cost. How did we get here, and what do we do now?
openaire   +2 more sources

Tramadol Co‐Administration with Oxycodone or Hydrocodone Increases Opioid Burden without Improving Postoperative Pain Control

open access: yesClinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Tramadol is frequently co‐prescribed with oxycodone or hydrocodone after surgery under the assumption that its dual mechanism of action provides an opioid‐sparing benefit. However, evidence supporting this practice is limited and inconsistent. We conducted a secondary analysis of the multicenter IGNITE ADOPT‐PGx pragmatic trial of patients undergoing ...
Noor A. Nahid   +302 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid prescriptions for pain and epidemic of overdose death: can the dramatic reduction in anesthesia mortality serve as an example? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Igor Kissin Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Abstract: The annual number of US deaths from prescription-opioid overdose quadrupled between 1999
Kissin, Igor, Kissin I
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy