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The Opioid Crisis in Rural and Small Town America [PDF]

, 2018
In this brief, authors Shannon Monnat and Khary Rigg examine rural versus urban differences in opioid mortality and identify challenges for dealing with the opioid crisis in rural areas.
Monnat, Shannon M, Rigg, Khary K
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Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Steinmetz, C. N., Szabo, Aniko, Zheng, C.   +4 more
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Modeling Supports Combinatorial Effects Between Pharmacological and Non‐Pharmacological Interventions to Prevent Opioid‐Induced Cardiac Arrest

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Few studies have quantified the effects of non‐pharmacological interventions (e.g., rescue breathing) in the setting of community opioid overdose. We extended a previously validated model for opioid antagonists by incorporating the mechanism of rescue breathing, and quantified combinatorial effects between rescue breathing and various formulations of ...
Bradlee Thrasher, John Mann, Anik Chaturbedi, Shilpa Chakravartula, Hamed Meshkin, Affan Affan, Alexander Galluppi, Ji Young Kim, Nigar Karimli, Yue Han, Zachary Dezman, Jeffry Florian, Zhihua Li   +12 more
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A conceptual model for understanding post-release opioid-related overdose risk

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019
Post-release opioid-related overdose mortality is the leading cause of death among people released from jails or prisons (PRJP). Informed by the proximate determinants framework, this paper presents the Post-Release Opioid-Related Overdose Risk Model. It
Paul J. Joudrey, Maria R. Khan, Emily A. Wang, Joy D. Scheidell, E. Jennifer Edelman, D. Keith McInnes, Aaron D. Fox   +6 more
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“I don’t go to funerals anymore”: how people who use opioids grieve drug-related death in the US overdose epidemic

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Opioid-related overdose death is a public health epidemic in much of the USA, yet little is known about how people who use opioids (PWUO) experience overdose deaths in their social networks.
Allison V. Schlosser, Lee D. Hoffer
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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]

, 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, Barra, Massimo, Direnzo, Giovanni Francesco Maria, Patruno, Fabio Vittorio, Patti, Mauro, Rodoquino, Giancarlo, Rossi, Ettore, Santoro, Rocco   +7 more
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Discrepancies in Written Versus Calculated Durations in Opioid Prescriptions: Pre-Post Study. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Long-term use of opioid medications is associated with an increased risk of dependence. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes specific recommendations regarding opioid
Babula, Bracken, Girondo, Melanie, Kairys, John, Martino, Cara, Riggio, Jeffrey, Roke, Lindsey M., Slovis, Benjamin H.   +6 more
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Predicting pharmacy naloxone stocking and dispensing following a statewide standing order, Indiana 2016 [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: While naloxone, the overdose reversal medication, has been available for decades, factors associated with its availability through pharmacies remain unclear.
Agley, J.D., Davis, A., Gassman, R., Hoss, A., Jayawardene, W., Meyerson, B.E., Ritchie, K., Ryder, P.T., Shannon, D.J.   +8 more
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Patient‐ and Clinician‐Related Factors Associated With the Reduction in Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Non‐Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Despite known risks, opioids are widely used for chronic non‐cancer pain (CNCP). Clinical guidelines now recommend deprescribing, but factors predicting success are poorly understood. This systematic review aimed to identify clinician and patient factors associated with attaining successful opioid dose reduction or discontinuation in adults with CNCP ...
Alessandra C. Marcelo, Sarah N. Hilmer, David J. Hunter, Stephanie Mathieson, Riyaas Mohamed, Leo Li, Natalie Fung, Anthony Yue, Manuela L. Ferreira   +8 more
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Unemployment and opioid overdose death patterns in the United States from 2017 to 2019

Interdisciplinary Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Unemployment has been linked to increased opioid-related harms such as opioid overdose deaths. Identifying hotspots and coldspots across the United States (US) can be crucial to understanding health resources and leveraging strategies ...
Rana Khafagy, Saranya Naraentheraraja, Aranee Sathiyamoorthy   +2 more
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