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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions on the use of opioid analgesics for the treatment of cancer-related pain in Cyprus: A mixed-method study

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Objectives: Pain is considered the most common and debilitating symptom reported by patients affected by cancer, and opioids are at the front line for its effective management.
Andreas Charalambous, Marios Zorpas, Constantina Cloconi, Yolanda Kading   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mind Your Meds: Safe Opioid Disposal Awareness [PDF]

, 2019
Driven by the effects of the opioid epidemic on friends, family members, students, and patients, members of the 2019 GEHLI Team “Mission Possible” are dedicated to bolstering educational awareness of safe leftover opioid disposal methods to decrease the ...
at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Davies, Mary Ann, Fox, Jenny, Johnson, Kenneth, Papenfuse, Jennifer, Schmitt, Michelle, Zhang, Shijun, Zoghby, Lori   +7 more
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Frequency of Predisposing Factor of Nausea and Vomiting After Chest Surgery Under General Anaesthesia [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common and distressing postsurgical symptoms. These symptoms are of particular concern in outpatient surgery because they may require additional direct resources, such as supplies and antiemetic ...
Bhatti, S. U. (Sami), Hanif, A. (Asif), Rehman, U. A. (Usman), Shahnawaz, A. (Ayesha), Ulhaq, Z. (Zabinfat), Ullah, Q. (Qudrat)   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Endogenous opioid peptides and the control of pain [PDF]

, 1979
H. W. Kosterlitz
openalex   +1 more source

Trends in opioid prescribing in Scandinavian countries from 2010 to 2023: Insights from multi‐metric evaluation

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Monitoring opioid prescribing across different healthcare systems is essential to understanding population‐level exposure and informing global health policies. This study examined opioid utilization in Scandinavian countries between 2010 and 2023 using multiple complementary metrics, addressing the limitations of single‐metric comparisons ...
Gabriela Rolová, Svetlana Skurtveit, Marte Handal, Geana Paula Kurita, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Ingvild Odsbu, Mikael Hoffmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substitution of marijuana for opioids in a national survey of US adults.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and subsequent opioid-related complications have risen dramatically in the US. Recent data suggest that medical marijuana laws have been associated with lower state-level opioid overdose mortality.
Julie H Ishida, Peggy O Wong, Beth E Cohen, Marzieh Vali, Stacey Steigerwald, Salomeh Keyhani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Prospective Evaluation of Opioid Utilization After Upper-Extremity Surgical Procedures: Identifying Consumption Patterns and Determining Prescribing Guidelines. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Although adequate management of postoperative pain with oral analgesics is an important aspect of surgical procedures, inadvertent overprescribing can lead to excess availability of opioids in the community for potential diversion.
Abboudi, Jack, Ilyas, Asif M, Jones, Christopher M., Kim, Nayoung, Kirkpatrick, William, Leinberry, Charles, Liss, Frederic, Lutsky, Kevin F F., Maltenfort, Mitchell, Matzon, Jonas L., Wang, Mark L.   +10 more
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Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> It is assumed within the accumulated literature that children born of pregnant opioid dependent mothers have impaired neurobehavioral function as a consequence of chronic intrauterine opioid use.<p>&
A Baldacchino, A Liberati, A Ornoy, A Sameroff, A Verdejo-Garcia, AJ Dunlop, Alex Baldacchino, American Psychiatric Association, B Hanson, BJ Cleary, Britannica, C Konijnenberg, C Konijnenberg, Colin McCowan, DE Hutchings, Dennis J Petrie, Department of Health (England) and the devolved administrations, DF Stroup, E Rotheram-Fuller, E Strauss, EK Emory, FM Wolf, GJ Demakis, H Cooper, HC Steinhausen, HE Jones, HE Jones, I Fihrer, I van Beusekom, IM Bernstein, J Cohen, J Cohen, J Keegan, J Kimber, J Prosser, JE Hunter, JN Whitham, JP Higgins, K Spiteri Cornish, Kathleen Arbuckle, KB Walhovd, KD Ersche, KK Zakzanis, L Manchikanti, L McGlone, LV Hedges, LV Hedges, LW Anderson, M Borenstein, M Borenstein, M Connock, M Farrell, M Grattan, M Pirastu, MD Lezak, MM de Cubas, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, NICE, NICHD, PS Bauman, R Bunikowski, R Cornish, R Hamilton, R King, RE Johnson, RG Orwin, RJ Sternberg, RW Hunt, S Darke, S Minozzi, S Salo, S Simeons, S Soepatmi, S Tong, Scottish Government, SL Grace, SL Hans, SL Hans, SM Petterson, SM Quinhana, SR Kandall, TB Huedo-Medina, TJ Ornstein, TS Rosen, V Moe, WH Organization, WK Lombardo   +86 more
core   +12 more sources

U.S. Employment and Opioids: Is There a Connection?

Research in Labor Economics, 2018
This paper uses quarterly county-level data from 2006–2014 to examine the direction of causality in the relationship between per capita opioid prescription rates and employment-to-population ratios.
Janet Currie, Jonas Jin, M. Schnell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of a selective partial agonist for nociception/orphanin‐FQ peptide (NOP) receptors in patients with insomnia disorder

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Insomnia is a common sleep disorder, affecting up to 20% of the world population and adversely impacting productivity, health, and overall well‐being. Although pharmacologic options exist to treat insomnia, the health‐related quality of life for patients who are prescribed hypnotics is no higher than for those who are not, revealing a significant ...
Garth T. Whiteside, Ellie He, Manjunath S. Shet, Mingyan Zhou, Maha Ahmad, Stephen C. Harris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source