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Putting Families First: How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Children and Families, and the Child Welfare Policy Options to Address It [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
: Opioids and Child Welfare Across the country, placements in foster care are rising. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 273,539 children in the U.S. entered foster care.
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pain and Sedative Medication Use Among Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Population‐Based Cohort Study

open access: yesAlimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Over 20% of individuals with IBD were prescribed pain or sedative medications annually, with rising chronic and co‐prescribing rates. Risk factors included female sex, older age, Crohn's disease, and mental health conditions. Targeted interventions are needed to reduce harmful prescribing and promote safer alternatives.
Samantha Baillie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Guide to Prescribing Sufficient Post Surgical Quantities of Opiate Pain Medications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: To examine opiate pain medication prescription and consumption after surgical procedures at VCU Medical ...
Pflugrath, Adam
core   +1 more source

Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for horses in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
The growing problem of antimicrobial resistance also affects equine veterinarians with increasing frequency. Antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing are essential for a future in which effective antimicrobials are available, as it is unlikely that new antimicrobials will become available for use in horses.
L Hardefeldt   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buprenorphine in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Infants exposed in utero to opioids will demonstrate a withdrawal syndrome known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Buprenorphine is a long-acting opioid with therapeutic use in medication-assisted treatment of opioid dependency in adults and ...
Kraft, Walter K.
core   +1 more source

A procedure to identify persistent and effort‐independent individual differences in preference for heroin over rewarding social interaction

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose In some individuals, opioid use leads to decreased interest in socially relevant rewards. Recent studies showed that after extended‐access heroin self‐administration, rats strongly prefer social interaction over single unit‐dose heroin infusions.
Ginevra D'Ottavio   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antidotes for opioid overdose: a search for variations for their modification (literature review)

open access: yesВестник анестезиологии и реаниматологии
The unique physicochemical and pharmacological properties of synthetic drugs are responsible for both the morbidity and mortality associated with their overdose. Among the consequences resulting from misuse of these potent opioids, or in the case of mass
O. A. Dravolina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cost-effectiveness of naloxone programs for the treatment of heroin overdose in the ‘street’: a 2-years data collection by the Street Unit of the Villa Maraini Foundation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The mortality rate of opioid users is about 5 to 10 times greater than that of the general population, and the overdose represents the most common cause of death.
Badiani, Aldo   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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