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Background Concurrent opioid and stimulant use is on the rise in North America. This increasing trend of use has been observed in the general population, and among people released from prison in British Columbia (BC), who face an elevated risk of ...
Heather Palis+6 more
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OBJECTIVE:Some patients who are given opioids for pain could develop opioid use disorder. If it was possible to identify patients who are at a higher risk of opioid use disorder, then clinicians could spend more time educating these patients about the ...
Jenna Marie Reps+2 more
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Methadone for Opioid Use Treatment during Pregnancy: Trends in Postpartum Dose Adjustments
Objective This study examines methadone dose adjustment postpartum. Methods A retrospective study of women with methadone for opioid use treatment (OUT) during pregnancy was performed.
Clara Ward, Carl W. Christensen
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Background Residential treatment is a common approach for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), however, few studies have directly compared it to outpatient treatment.
Daniel M. Hartung+11 more
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SnapShot: Neurobiology of opioid use disorder [PDF]
The use of opioid drugs and related overdose deaths, which rose to epidemic proportions over the past decade, have been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, a time of great uncertainty and isolation. Much is known about opioid pharmacology and related neural circuits that, combined with novel emerging neurobiological insights, can help guide new ...
Tanni Rahman+3 more
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Background Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) reduces mortality, but few patients access MOUD. At a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we implemented a low barrier model of MOUD, including same-day MOUD initiation and a harm reduction ...
Jamie Carter+9 more
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Background The study examined the association of the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 Medicaid expansion on the use of psychosocial services and pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorders among Oregon Medicaid recipients.
Dennis McCarty+3 more
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The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N.+8 more
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Single high-dose buprenorphine for opioid craving during withdrawal. [PDF]
BackgroundOpioid use disorder is one of the most prevalent addiction problems worldwide. Buprenorphine is used as a medication to treat this disorder, but in countries where buprenorphine is unavailable in combination with naloxone, diversion can be a ...
Ahmadi, Jamshid+3 more
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Family member opioid prescriptions and opioid use disorder [PDF]
It is recognized that family members are a major source of diverted opioids. Yet it is not known how family member opioid prescriptions predict the development of an opioid use disorder (OUD).We conducted an observational study using commercial health care claims to investigate the association between a family member opioid prescription and an ...
Mir M. Ali+6 more
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