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Mapping opioid exposure through prescription data and postmortem analysis of opioid drugs in multiple tissues

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Although opioids are central to end of life (EoL) care, tissue‐level opioid exposure remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to characterize the relationship between prescription‐derived morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) and measured morphine concentrations across multiple organs.
Niamh Higgins, Alan Wells, Nimish Patel, Nicole Muttera, Mattia Trunfio, Alessandra Manca, Amedeo De Nicolò, Micol Ferrara, Stefano Bonora, Jessica Cusato, Alice Palermiti, Antonio D'Avolio, Marissa Borochoff, Patricia K. Riggs, Elizabeth Hastie, Rabia S. Atayee, Stephanie Solso, Cheryl Dullano, Vanessa Gomez‐Moreno, Tara Tenenbaum, Robert Deiss, Davey M. Smith, Antoine Chaillon, Sara Gianella   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Misuse Among Asian-American Adults: Results From a National Survey

, 2011
Asians have low levels of substance use compared with other groups in the United States. Given the increase in Asian population, we believe it is important to study substance use in this population.
Jason A. Ford, William C. Watkins, Ford, Jason A., Watkins, William C.   +3 more
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Prescription Drug Misuse and Child Maltreatment Among High-Risk Families

, 2018
Prescription drug misuse is increasingly common in the United States. To date, little is known about how prescription drug misuse relates to negative parenting behaviors like child maltreatment, even though use of illicit drugs increases rates of both ...
Jennifer Price Wolf
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Effect of oxycodone vs. morphine as first‐line opioid on new persistent opioid use after orthopaedic surgery: A prospective sequential cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Postoperative opioids, intended for short‐term analgesia, contribute to new persistent opioid use in 1%–7% of patients, adversely affecting outcomes. Oxycodone may carry higher risk than morphine, though long‐term data are limited.
Eward J. Melis, Johanna E. Vriezekolk, Frédérique H. C. Bollen, Dirk E. Schrander, Arnt F. A. Schellekens, Bart J. F. van den Bemt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use and misuse of prescription stimulants by university students: a cross-sectional survey in the french-speaking community of Belgium, 2018

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Misuse of prescription stimulants (PS) has been reported among students to enhance academic performance in Flanders (Belgium). However, PS misuse among students in the French-speaking community is unknown.
Martine Sabbe, Javier Sawchik, Mégane Gräfe, Françoise Wuillaume, Sara De Bruyn, Pierre Van Antwerpen, Guido Van Hal, Martin Desseilles, Jamila Hamdani, Hugues Malonne   +9 more
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Psychotropic medication use among community dwellers with and without Parkinson's disease – A nationwide cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims We studied the prevalence of psychotropic use and psychotropic polypharmacy in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) during a 10‐year follow‐up, because longitudinal studies on this topic are scarce although non‐motor symptoms of PD are often treated with psychotropics.
Noora Nieminen, Anna‐Maija Tolppanen, Valtteri Kaasinen, Marjaana Koponen, Sirpa Hartikainen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kansas prescription drug and opioid misuse and overdose strategic plan, 2018 : building a collaborative response to the crisis in Kansas

, 2018
"July 2018." Includes bibliographical reference."While Kansas is not experiencing the dramatic increase in opioid-related morbidity and mortality as compared to other states, it is a growing and emerging threat that requires state level preparedness ...
Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee.
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HLA genotype testing for carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine: A guideline developed by the UK Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation in Pharmacogenomics (CERSI‐PGx)

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Carbamazepine is licensed in the United Kingdom for the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder and trigeminal neuralgia. The related compounds oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine are licensed for the treatment of epilepsy. These drugs can cause immune‐mediated hypersensitivity reactions, which typically affect the skin, and can be of variable severity ...
Lucy Galloway, Cinzia Dello Russo, Nicholas Bass, Elvira Bramon, Helen Cross, Natalie Curley, Sarah Curran, Helen Davies, Jana De Villiers, William Evans, Bernhard Frank, Alice Groves, Judith Hayward, Jon Higham, Dyfrig A. Hughes, Shwe Sin Kyaw, Anthony G. Marson, Ailsa McLellan, Seth Mensah, Francis O'Neill, Jane Sargison, Sanjay M. Sisodiya, Jill Swan, Joanna M. Zakrewska, Munir Pirmohamed   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing the reporting of adverse drug reaction‐related hospitalizations using an ICD‐10‐based identification workflow: A multicentre study from Switzerland

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background Reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is essential for drug safety. In Switzerland, healthcare professionals are legally required to report serious and unlabelled ADRs, yet under‐reporting remains widespread. We tested a novel method to increase reporting of ADR‐related hospitalizations.
Georgia Anita Weber, Sophie‐Charlotte Bartel, Michael Boch, Christoph Rosen, Michael Bodmer, Balthasar Luzius Hug, Thomas Stammschulte, Patrick E. Beeler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the paper trail: using technology to reduce escalating harms from opioid prescribing in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Objective : The paper highlights the extent of pharmaceutical drug misuse problems in Australia and explores how pharmaceutical opioid misuse could be reduced by implementation of a technological tool: a prescription co‐ordination program (PCP).
Roger Nicholas, Ann Roche, Malcolm Dobbin, Nicole Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source