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The Role of Lofexidine in Management of Opioid Withdrawal [PDF]
Pain and Therapy, 2018 Fear of withdrawal symptoms has been cited by survey respondents as the main reason that they continued to use opioids. Lofexidine is an α2-adrenergic agonist that decreases the sympathetic outflow that results in the characteristic symptoms of opioid ...
Joseph V. Pergolizzi +3 more
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Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2020 The opioid crisis has grown to affect pregnant women and infants across the United States, as evidenced by rising rates of opioid use disorder among pregnant women and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome among infants. Across the country, pregnant women lack access to evidence-based therapies, including medications for opioid use disorder, and infants ...
Stephen W. Patrick +16 more
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Opioid antagonists with minimal sedation for opioid withdrawal [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2002 Managed withdrawal is a necessary step prior to drug-free treatment or as the end point of long-term substitution treatment.To assess the effectiveness of opioid antagonists in combination with minimal sedation to manage opioid withdrawal.We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2008), MEDLINE ...
Gowing, L., Ali, R., White, J.
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Neonatal opioid withdrawal and antenatal opioid prescribing [PDF]
CMAJ Open, 2015 The incidence of neonatal opioid withdrawal is increasing in both Canada and the United States. However, the degree to which the treatment of pain with opioids, rather than the misuse of prescription opioids or heroin, contributes to the prevalence of neonatal opioid withdrawal remains unknown.We conducted a retrospective, population-based, cross ...
Suzanne D, Turner +7 more
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Buprenorphine for managing opioid withdrawal [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 Managed withdrawal is a necessary step prior to drug-free treatment or as the endpoint of substitution treatment.To assess the effects of buprenorphine versus tapered doses of methadone, alpha2-adrenergic agonists, symptomatic medications or placebo, or different buprenorphine regimens for managing opioid withdrawal, in terms of the intensity of the ...
Linda, Gowing +3 more
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Is this ′complicated′ opioid withdrawal?
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2006 Seven patients with opioid dependence admitted in the de-addiction centre for detoxification developed convulsions and delirium during the withdrawal phase. After ruling out all other possible causes of these complications, opioid withdrawal seemed to emerge as the most likely explanation.
Parkar, S.R. +3 more
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MedComm, 2022 Opioid abuse and addiction have become a global pandemic, posing tremendous health and social burdens. The rewarding effects and the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms are the two mainstays of opioid addiction.
Jia‐Jia Zhang +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 Emergent harms presented by the co-use of opioids and methamphetamine highlight the broader public health challenge of preventing and treating opioid and stimulant co-use.
Justin C. Strickland +2 more
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Creating a standard inpatient opioid withdrawal protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
MedEdPublish, 2022 Background: Despite safety and efficacy of medications for opioid use disorder, United States (US) hospitals face high health care costs when hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) leave due to untreated opioid withdrawal.
Ariana Abid +2 more
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A rare case of complicated opioid withdrawal in delirium without convulsions
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2017 Opioids are one of the commonly abused substances in India. Opioid withdrawal symptoms classically include severe muscle cramps, bone aches, autonomic symptoms, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, and temperature dysregulation.
B Neeraj Raj +4 more
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