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Discontinuation and tapering of prescribed opioids and risk of overdose among people on long-term opioid therapy for pain with and without opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective cohort study

PLoS Medicine, 2022
Background The overdose crisis in North America has prompted system-level efforts to restrict opioid prescribing for chronic pain. However, little is known about how discontinuing or tapering prescribed opioids for chronic pain shapes overdose risk ...
Mary Clare Kennedy, Alexis Crabtree, Seonaid Nolan, Wing Yin Mok, Zishan Cui, Mei Chong, Amanda Slaunwhite, Lianping Ti   +7 more
doaj  

Incorporating Naloxone Education Into Routine Primary Care [PDF]

, 2018
Opioid overdoses are a growing public health concern in Vermont and nationwide. Naloxone can save the life of someone who overdoses, if those around them know how to use it.
Goldberg, Eli
core   +1 more source

Racial, ethnic, and sex disparities in buprenorphine treatment from emergency departments by discharge diagnosis

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Racial and sex disparities are noted in the administration and prescribing of buprenorphine from emergency departments (EDs) nationally. It is unknown whether disparities persist when accounting for the specific discharge diagnosis addressed during encounters such as opioid overdose or withdrawal.
Neeraj Chhabra, Dale Smith, Natalie Parde, Nicole Hsing‐Smith, Joseph M. Bianco, R. Andrew Taylor, Gail D'Onofrio, Niranjan S. Karnik   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confronting the opioid crisis: Practical pain management and strategies: AOA 2018 critical issues symposium [PDF]

, 2019
The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Clinicians have been part of the problem because of overprescribing of narcotics for perioperative pain management.
Hsu, Joseph R, Jahangir, A Alex, Miller, Anna N, Mir, Hassan R, Obremskey, William T   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract The opioid overdose epidemic remains a critical public health crisis. In recent years, synthetic opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes, have driven a sharp rise in deaths. Naloxone, an opioid receptor antagonist, has been established as a key intervention for reversing opioid overdoses and saving lives.
Mariana Gonzalez Utrilla, Edward Chesney, Joanne Neale, Nicola Metrebian, Nicola Kalk, Arne Kristian Skulberg, Paul Dietze, Martin Smith, John Strang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combatting Opioid-Related Deaths in Rural Vermont Through Community Partnership [PDF]

, 2018
Substance abuse continues to be a public health crisis. With legislative changes and creation of MAT programming in Vermont, access to behavioral health services for substance abuse treatment has shifted community response and perceptions.
Waller, Brianna F
core   +1 more source

Is systematic training in opioid overdose prevention effective?

PLOS ONE, 2017
The objectives were to analyze the knowledge about overdose prevention, the use of naloxone, and the number of fatal overdoses after the implementation of Systematic Training in Overdose Prevention (STOOP) program. We conducted a quasi-experimental study, and held face-to-face interviews before (n = 725) and after (n = 722) implementation of systematic
Espelt, Albert, Bosque Prous, Marina, Folch, Cinta, Sarasa-Renedo, Ana, Majó, Xavier, Casabona-Barbarà, Jordi, Brugal, María Teresa, REDAN Group   +7 more
openaire   +9 more sources

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

Identifying key risk factors for intentional self‐harm, including suicide, among a cohort of people prescribed opioid agonist treatment: A predictive modelling study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims People with opioid use disorder are at increased risk of intentional self‐harm and suicide. Although risk factors are well known, most tools for identifying individuals at highest risk of these behaviours have limited clinical value.
Nicola R. Jones, Matthew Hickman, Chrianna Bharat, Suzanne Nielsen, Sarah Larney, Nimnaz Fathima Ghouse, Julia Lappin, Louisa Degenhardt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in pediatric prescription-opioid overdoses in U.S. emergency departments from 2008-2020: An epidemiologic study of pediatric opioid overdose ED visits.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundOpioid overdose was declared a public health emergency in the United States, but much of the focus has been on adults. Child and adolescent exposure and access to unused prescription-opioid medications is a big concern.
Audrey Lu, Megan Armstrong, Robin Alexander, Eurella Vest, Jonathan Chang, Motao Zhu, Henry Xiang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source