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Abuse and Diversion of Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics as Compared to Extended Release Formulations in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundTherapeutic use and abuse of prescription opioids in the United States increased substantially between 1990 and 2010. The Centers for Disease Control estimated deaths related to pharmaceutical opioids reached nearly 19,000 in 2014.
Janetta L Iwanicki, S Geoff Severtson, Heather McDaniel, Andrew Rosenblum, Chunki Fong, Theodore J Cicero, Matthew S Ellis, Steven P Kurtz, Mance E Buttram, Richard C Dart   +9 more
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Litigation-Ending Sanctions: Alaska Courts’ Use of Rule 37 [PDF]

, 1985
Pain is a common symptom of a number of conditions including cancer and one of the most frequent reasons for seeking healthcare. Acute and chronic pain result in considerable discomfort with a detrimental impact on the quality of life.
Carroll, Robert
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The effects of pioglitazone, a PPARγ receptor agonist, on the abuse liability of oxycodone among nondependent opioid users [PDF]

, 2016
Aims: Activation of PPARγ by pioglitazone (PIO) has shown some efficacy in attenuating addictive-like responses in laboratory animals. The ability of PIO to alter the effects of opioids in humans has not been characterized in a controlled laboratory ...
Alonzo, Banks, Begelow, Beitner-Johnson, Berger, Bhargava, Bland, Bush, Bussiere, Carr, Chang, Cone, Cooper, de Guglielmo, de Guglielmo, Dhalla, Eisenstein, Eisenstein, Eisenstein, Eng, Ferguson, Fraser, Gagnon, Garrido, Gelinas, Gillies, Hopkins, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Jeanne M. Manubay, Jermaine D. Jones, Johnston, Katz, Kielian, Kreutzberg, Ledeboer, Levine, Maria A. Sullivan, Marie-Claire, Martin, Mellon, Moreno, Nakajima, Narita, Pacifici, Pelvig, Roberto Ciccocioppo, Sandra D. Comer, Sarruf, Shanthi Mogali, Song, SPSS, Stoll, Stopponi, Stopponi, Strain, Sweitzer, Tawfik, Tontonoz, Verena E. Metz, Verkhratsky, Walker, Walker, Walsh, Walsh, Watkins, Watkins, Wightman, Woods, Wybran, Zacny, Zacny, Zacny, Zhang   +74 more
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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Recommendations for the use of opioids in Brazil: Part III. Use in special situations (postoperative pain, musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, gestation and lactation)

Revista Dor, 2014
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The use of opioids as first and second line agents to adequately treat pain requires systematization in different clinical syndromes which course with acute pain.
Durval Campos Kraychete, José Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira, Telma Regina Mariotto Zakka, João Batista Santos Garcia   +3 more
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Association of Opioids and Sedatives with Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest from an Administrative Database. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:While opioid use confers a known risk for respiratory depression, the incremental risk of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory arrest, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPRA) has not been studied.
Frank J Overdyk, Oonagh Dowling, Joseph Marino, Jiejing Qiu, Hung-Lun Chien, Mary Erslon, Neil Morrison, Brooke Harrison, Albert Dahan, Tong J Gan   +9 more
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Efecto de una dosis de lidocaína y ketamina sobre el consumo intraoperatorio de opioides en pacientes sometidas a cirugía ginecológica electiva bajo anestesia general. Estudio piloto aleatorizado y controlado con placebo [PDF]

, 2016
Background and goal of study: there is evidence that perioperative intravenous ketamine and lidocaine reduce postoperative pain, postoperative opioids consumption, shortens hospital stay and accelerates intestinal function recovery.
Vilches Arenas, Ángel
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Patient Perspectives on Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores in Reproductive Decision‐Making and Polygenic Embryo Screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate individuals' genetic risk for developing multifactorial conditions. Recent genome‐wide association studies have enabled development of psychiatric PRS, which hold potential to streamline diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions.
Lauren A. Ginn, Amanda R. Merner, Page M. Trotter, Kaitlynn P. Craig, Abigail C. Martinez, Ana Lucía Battaglino, Dorit Barlevy, Daphne M. Ayton, Takahiro Soda, Eric A. Storch, Gabriel Lázaro‐Muñoz, Stacey Pereira   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacological evaluation of Adenostemma lavenia acetone extract in Swiss Albino mice: Analgesic, anti‐inflammatory, and thrombolytic insights from in vivo, in vitro, density functional theory, and molecular docking studies

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Adenostemma lavenia, a traditionally used medicinal plant, has been employed to manage pain, inflammation, and circulatory issues. This study investigates the analgesic, anti‐inflammatory, and thrombolytic potentials of the acetone extract of A. lavenia leaves (AEAL) using in vivo, in vitro, and in silico methods.
Nusrat Jahan Moon, Mahathir Mohammad, Md. Jahirul Islam Mamun, Fahmina Binty Azim Nova, Nazmul Hasan Eshaque, Md. Hossain Rasel, Zobayed Islam, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Liakot Ali, Md. Tanvir Chowdhury, S. M. Moazzem Hossen   +10 more
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Analgesic effectiveness and tolerability of oral oxycodone/naloxone and pregabalin in patients with lung cancer and neuropathic pain. An observational analysis [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain.
Borghesi, Cristina, De Santis, Stefano, Fulvi, Alberto, Giovannoni, Daniele, Marcassa, Claudio, Migliorino, Maria Rita, Ricciardi, Serena   +6 more
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