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Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among Medical Students and the Relationship With Illicit Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Use

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2018
Nonmedical use of prescription medications is a growing health problem including not only the opioid painkiller overdose epidemic but also benzodiazepine and stimulants misuse.
Georgios Papazisis, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Spyridon Siafis   +2 more
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Trends and variation in the use of andexanet alfa for the reversal of direct oral anticoagulants in NHS trusts in England

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Andexanet alfa was recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as an option in the management of life‐threatening gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking apixaban or rivaroxaban in May 2021. A recent UK‐wide survey of local hospital protocols for the use of andexanet alfa suggested that practice ...
Louis Fisher, Richard Buka, Rosalind Byrne, Stephen Black, Helen J. Curtis, Christopher Wood, Andrew Brown, Sebastian Bacon, Richard Croker, Ben Goldacre, Brian MacKenna, Victoria Speed   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pitfalls and Promises of Sports Participation and Prescription Drug Misuse Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Youth
Though previous studies have demonstrated the protective benefits of sports participation against illicit drug use for a general population, how these findings apply to LGBTQ youth remains unknown.
Lindsay Kahle Semprevivo, Vera Lopez, Madelaine Adelman, Jon Lasser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Over the counter ophthalmic drug misuse, are we aware? [PDF]

, 2010
Aim: To investigate the misuse of ‘over the counter’ ophthalmic medications in our city. Method: Responses of a structured questionnaire covering various aspects of over the counter drug use was obtained from pharmacy workers in and around our city ...
Achar, A, Hegde, S, Kadri, R, Kudva, AA
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Pregabalin: a range of misuse-related unanswered questions [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 The Authors.
Chiappini, Stephania, Schifano, Fabrizio
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Clinical pharmacology and prescribing education: An updated medical school curriculum from the British Pharmacological Society

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale, Clare Guilding, Jennifer Koenig, Michael Okorie, Reecha Sofat, Simon Maxwell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cannabinoids and drug–drug pharmacokinetic interactions: Deciphering the risks

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
The relationship between cannabinoids and mental health has become a major focus of scientific inquiry and public discourse. Cannabinoids are diverse chemical compounds from the Cannabis species that have been explored for their therapeutic applications in treating chronic pain, psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as depression, schizophrenia,
Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou, Georgia Valsami, Georgios Ismailos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription drug monitoring programs and prescription pain medication misuse among U.S. high school students—2019

BMC Public Health
Background Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are state-level databases that track and inform prescribing practices to reduce prescription drug diversion and misuse.
Kevin Liu, Marco Benedetti, Alexander Evans, Motao Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Misuse and dependence on non-prescription codeine analgesics or sedative H1 antihistamines by adults: a cross-sectional investigation in France. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Given the growing worldwide market of non-prescription drugs, monitoring their misuse in the context of self-medication represents a particular challenge in Public Health.
Anne Roussin, Annabelle Bouyssi, Lucie Pouché, Laure Pourcel, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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