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Incidence and Predictive Factors for Prolonged Use of Opioid Medication After Foot and Ankle Surgery

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2018
Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence and factors predictive for patients’ needs for opioid pain medication longer than 2 weeks after orthopaedic foot/ankle surgery in a single surgeon’s practice at ...
Jamal Ahmad MD
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Baseline Assessment: Alaska's Capacity and Infrastructure for Prescription Opioid Misuse Prevention [PDF]

, 2017
The State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) was awarded the Partnerships for Success (PFS) grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA) in 2015.
Barnett, Jodi, Elkins, Amanda, Hanson, Bridget, Smith, Oliver   +3 more
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Effects of low dose morphine on perceived sleep quality in patients with refractory breathlessness : a hypothesis generating study [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Background and objective The management of chronic refractory breathlessness is one of the indications for regular low-dose (≤30 mg/24 h) oral sustained release morphine.
Abernethy, Amy P., Currow, David, Currow, David C., Eckert, Danny J., Johnson, Miriam J., Martins, Rodrigo T., Toson, Barbara   +6 more
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Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing: A nationwide Danish drug utilization study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Pregabalin and gabapentin are increasingly used for pain and other conditions. Concerns exist about overuse as well as potential misuse and abuse. To guide rational prescribing practices, we provide detailed nationwide data on the use of gabapentinoids in Denmark.
Anton Pottegård, Lotte Rasmussen, Morten Olesen, Anne Mette Skov Sørensen, Zandra Nymand Ennis, Joseph Kane, Sarah Baxter, Blánaid Hicks   +7 more
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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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EudraVigilance insights: Suspected adverse drug reactions in infants through breastfeeding

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims We aimed to describe suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in infants resulting from medications transmitted through mothers' milk, as reported to the European ADR database, EudraVigilance. The research sought to understand the frequency, seriousness and nature of these ADRs to assess potential risks associated with maternal medication use ...
Ida M. Heerfordt, Ditte Resendal Gotfredsen, Henrik Horwitz, Anette Kirstine Stark, Jon Trærup Andersen, Christina Gade, Ulrik Lausten‐Thomsen, Rasmus Huan Olsen   +7 more
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The dark side of opioids in pain management: basic science explains clinical observation

PAIN Reports, 2016
. Introduction:. In the past 2 decades, opioids have been used increasingly for the treatment of persistent pain, and doses have tended to creep up. As basic science elucidates mechanisms of pain and analgesia, the cross talk between central pain and ...
Cyril Rivat, Jane Ballantyne
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An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
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Developing the Inpatient Mental Health Pharmaceutical Assessment and Care Tool (IMPACT) for use by UK mental health pharmacy teams—a modified Delphi study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To develop an evidence‐ and consensus‐based patient prioritization tool for use by UK mental health inpatient pharmacy teams. Methods A modified‐Delphi technique was used to obtain experts' agreement on the content, design and practical use of the patient prioritization tool.
Fatima Q. Alshaikhmubarak, Richard N. Keers, Petra Brown, Penny J. Lewis   +3 more
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Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: Xylazine is a sedative found increasingly in the illicit fentanyl supply that can cause hypotension, bradycardia, necrosis and death. This pilot examined the real-world performance of BTNX xylazine test strips (XTS) in drug residue samples ...
Erin Thompson, Jessica Tardif, Merci Ujeneza, Adina Badea, Traci C. Green, Haley McKee, Michelle McKenzie, Ju Nyeong Park   +7 more
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