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Readiness of Pharmacists Based in Utah About Pain Management and Opioid Dispensing

Pharmacy, 2019
Prescription opioid use disorder is a growing epidemic and pharmacists as the dispensers of prescription drugs can play a crucial role in the management of the opioid crisis. However, few studies have examined pharmacists’ perceptions of their role
Meghan M Balough, Stephen Nwankpa, Elizabeth J Unni   +2 more
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HIV Testing and Care Among Publicly Insured Enrollees With Schizophrenia: Is There a Benefit to Dual Eligibility?

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Background Patients with schizophrenia experience gaps in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care continuum. We examined the impact of dual enrollment in Medicare upon HIV testing and retention among Medicaid‐enrolled patients with schizophrenia.
Karly Murphy, Marilyn D. Thomas, Paola Alonso‐Fraire, Alexander R. Bazazi, Priya Dahiya, Mark Olfson, Francine Cournos, Emily Arnold, James Dilley, Paul Wesson, Richard Hermida, James Walkup, Stephen Crystal, Christina Mangurian   +13 more
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Co-involvement of stimulants with opioids in North America: A 'silent epidemic'.

PLOS Mental Health
The opioid epidemic unfolded in three distinct waves, with the latest comprising of deaths attributed to illegally manufactured synthetic opioids. We discuss evidence for a 'silent epidemic' alongside the opioid epidemic comprising co-ingestion of ...
Yutong Li, Derek V Pierce, Shelly Vik, Kathryn Dong, Scott Patten, Yanbo Zhang, Jake Hayward, Andrew J Greenshaw, Bo Cao   +8 more
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Change of substance‐related hospitalisation in adolescents after cannabis legalisation in Thailand in 2022

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 10, Page 2768-2779, October 2026.
Abstract Background and aims On 9 June 2022, Thailand changed its cannabis legislation, expanding access to individuals aged >18 years. Evidence suggests that such changes could increase the risk of cannabis use and related harms, and could influence patterns of use of other substances among adolescents.
Sirada Puetpaiboon, Songyos Rajborirug, Vorthunju Nakhonsri, Chumpol Ngamphiw, Peerapat Khunkham, Sissades Tongsima, Watcharapot Janpoung, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
Summary Dependence on opioid drugs is associated with a range of health and social problems that affect individual drug users, their family and friends, and the wider public.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Factors associated with the percentage of individuals who initiate and discontinue naltrexone as a relapse prevention pharmacotherapy in opioid use disorder: A systematic review, meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 10, Page 2620-2632, October 2026.
Abstract Background and aims Naltrexone is a pharmacotherapeutic option for relapse prevention in opioid use disorder (OUD); however, studies highlight low rates of initiation and high rates of discontinuation as limiting its effectiveness. We aimed to (1) estimate the percentage of individuals with OUD who (having undergone withdrawal and wish to ...
Emmert Roberts, Elizabeth Sanderson, Thomas Santo Jr., Matthew Hickman, Michael Farrell, Louisa Degenhardt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Changes in the Distribution of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone in Florida from 2006 to 2021

Pharmacy
Background: Florida, which led the country in terms of its number of opioid-prescribing physicians, was unique during the height of the opioid epidemic because of its lax prescribing laws and high number of unregulated pain clinics.
Elena Lynn Stains, Akshay C. Patel, Jay P. Solgama, Joseph D. Hagedorn, Kenneth L. McCall, Brian J. Piper   +5 more
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Progress Towards Eliminating Hepatitis C as a Public Health Threat in Norway

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Volume 33, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The World Health Organisation aims to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as a public health threat by 2030. We assessed progress towards HCV elimination in Norway until the end of 2024. We used linked national registry data to describe diagnosed cases of HCV infection by treatment uptake and case characteristics, and the incidence of ...
Robert Whittaker, Linda Couëssurel Wüsthoff, Jørgen Eriksson Midtbø, Håvard Midgard, Olav Dalgard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substance Use Emergency Department Visits Among Young People: Exploring Individual and Contextual Risk Factors

Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 54, Issue 7, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Evidence demonstrates that individual and contextual factors are critical predictors of poor health outcomes at key life stages, including youth and young adulthood. Little is still known how the unprecedented COVID‐19 pandemic affected health outcomes like substance use and how this varied across key demographics and community characteristics.
Sophia C. Ryan, Jennifer D. Runkle, Martie P. Thompson, David Karp, Margaret M. Sugg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the opioid overdose epidemic [PDF]

The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020 and has quintupled since 1999. Nearly 75% of the 91,799 drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid.

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