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Managing Prolonged Pain After Surgery: Examining the Role of Opioids. [PDF]

, 2018
A notable minority of patients experience persistent postsurgical pain and some of these patients consequently have prolonged exposure to opioids. Risk factors for prolonged opioid use after surgery include preoperative opioid use, anxiety, substance ...
Pozek, John-Paul J., Schwenk, Eric S., Viscusi, Eugene R.   +2 more
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Body Biofluids for Minimally‐Invasive Diagnostics: Insights, Challenges, Emerging Technologies, and Clinical Potential

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Recent advances in diagnostics have accelerated the development of miniaturized wearable technologies for the continuous monitoring of diseases. This paradigm is shifting healthcare away from invasive, centralized blood tests toward decentralized monitoring, using alternative body biofluids.
Lanka Tata Rao, Chandan Kumar Mandal, Fernando Patolsky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric manifestations due to anticholinergic agents and anabolic steroids ingestion: A case series and literature review

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports
Anticholinergic toxicity is a common occurrence in the emergency room, making it crucial for emergency clinicians to have a good understanding of this toxidrome.
Homa Talabaki, Mahkameh Soltani, Ali Abbasi, Vahid Sharifi, Narges Salehi, Zakaria Zakariaei   +5 more
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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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Tapentadol extended release for the management of chronic neck pain [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The role of opioids in the management of chronic neck pain is still poorly investigated. No data are available on tapentadol extended release (ER).
Coluzzi, Flaminia
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Development of f‐ELISA Sensors with Ultrahigh Sensitivity for On‐Site Colorimetric Detection of Fentanyl and Norfentanyl

Advanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
A foam‐based ELISA (f‐ELISA) platform was developed using chemically modified melamine foam to enable rapid, ultrasensitive, and selective colorimetric detection of fentanyl and norfentanyl. Abstract Rapid and accurate detection of fentanyl in unknown products and aqueous samples can find the unexpected existence of the toxic chemical and assist law ...
Makela Norwood, Bofeng Pan, Gang Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Is fentanyl in everything? Examining the unexpected occurrence of illicit opioids in British Columbia’s drug supply

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Illicit opioids, including fentanyl, are linked to unprecedented levels of overdose in Canada and elsewhere. The risks associated with illicit opioids can include high potency, unpredictable concentration and the unexpected presence in other ...
Bruce Wallace, Irene Shkolnikov, Collin Kielty, Derek Robinson, Lea Gozdzialski, Joshua Jai, Ava Margolese, Pablo Gonzalez-Nieto, Armin Saatchi, Lucas Abruzzi, Taelor Zarkovic, Chris Gill, Dennis Hore   +12 more
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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]

, 2007
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
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Advanced Biomaterial Delivery of Hypoxia‐Conditioned Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) as a Therapeutic Platform for Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This research introduces a novel approach to enhance neuroregeneration following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are isolated from human neural progenitor cells under hypoxic conditions, leading to enhanced expression of neurogenic and angiogenic factors.
Joshua B. Stein, Songzi Zhang, Eun Ji Roh, Jeffrey Luo, Meizi Chen, Hyunjun Jang, Li Ling Goldston, Brandon Conklin, Inbo Han, Ki‐Bum Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphine for the Treatment of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease

The Scientific World Journal, 2015
Pain is a hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its treatment remains challenging. Opioids are the major family of analgesics that are commonly used for treating severe pain.
Mihir Gupta, Lilian Msambichaka, Samir K. Ballas, Kalpna Gupta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source