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The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid misuse and mortality. Effective treatments are available, including medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), but they are greatly underused due to a variety of barriers. In response, some US hospitals have established programs to identify emergency department (ED) patients with opioid
Dominic Hodgkin, Cindy Parks Thomas, Margot T. Davis, Jennifer J. Wicks, Shelly F. Greenfield, Zachary F. Meisel, Constance M. Horgan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

PLoS ONE
Canada's opioid crisis continues to escalate. Naloxone can effectively reverse the effects of opioid overdose. We planned a randomized trial on the effectiveness of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) intervention on ...
Janet A Parsons, Benjamin Markowitz, Rekha Thomas, Kris Norris, Mercy Charles, Chantelle King, Kate Sellen, Douglas M Campbell, Pamela Leece, Michelle Klaiman, Leigh Chapman, Shaun Hopkins, Rita Shahin, Curtis Handford, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Laurie J Morrison, Carol Strike, Aaron M Orkin, SOONER investigators   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
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Drug Use After Emergency Department‐Initiated Injectable Buprenorphine: A Secondary Analysis of the ED‐INNOVATION Ancillary Safety and Feasibility Trial

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Study Objective To characterize opioid and nonopioid drug use in the week following emergency department (ED)‐initiated extended‐release buprenorphine (XR‐BUP) treatment using both self‐reported data and urine drug screens (UDS). Methods This study uses data collected during a nonrandomized clinical trial of patients with untreated opioid use ...
Ethan Cowan, Gail D'Onofrio, Jeanmarie Perrone, Erik Anderson, James Dziura, Kathryn Hawk, Andrew Herring, Ryan McCormack, Manali Phadke, Elizabeth A. Samuels, David A. Fiellin   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the optimal duration of medication treatment for opioid use disorder

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Clinicians have little guidance on the ideal length of time patients should remain on medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) before being able to safely discontinue MOUD. This study estimated how the risk of all‐cause mortality changes with the duration of MOUD, controlling for patient characteristics that ...
Corey J. Hayes, Rebecca A. Raciborski, Mahip Acharya, Nahiyan Bin Noor, Edward V. Nunes, T. John Winhusen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Preference for Pain Medication in the Emergency Department Is Associated with Non-fatal Overdose History

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Opioid overdose is a major public health problem. Emergency physicians need information to better assess a patient’s risk for overdose or opioid-related harms.
Lauren K. Whiteside, Jason Goldstick, Aaron Dora-Laskey, Laura Thomas, Maureen Walton, Rebecca Cunningham, Amy S.B. Bohnert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Harm Reduction and Trauma‐Informed Care in Undergraduate Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
Malak Abuhatem, Minn N. Yoon, Sheryl Mills, Amrinderbir Singh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sample size requirements to evaluate policies in addiction research using interrupted time series analysis (ITS): Tools and guidance

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Formal power calculations are rarely presented in interrupted time‐series (ITS) studies due to their technical complexity, creating a significant gap in methodological rigor. This paper aimed to make power and sample size determination more accessible for researchers, particularly in the field of addiction, by providing a suite of practical ...
Emma Beard, Jamie Brown, Lion Shahab
wiley   +1 more source

Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims People who use drugs are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. We aimed to provide a broad synthesis of the epidemiology, harms and interventions related to drug use and drug use disorders among incarcerated adults worldwide, and highlight gaps in evidence and practice.
Louis Favril, John Strang, Seena Fazel
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid Education and Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits in the Emergency Department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) may be high-yield venues to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.
Dwyer, Kristin , Walley, Alexander Y. , Langlois, Breanne K. , Mitchell, Patricia M. , Nelson, Kerrie P. , Cromwell, John, Bernstein, Edward   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source