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Variation in Prescription Opioid Dispensing across Neighborhoods of Diverse Socioeconomic Disadvantages in Victoria, Australia

Pharmaceuticals, 2018
The study examined the relationship between dispensing patterns of prescription opioids, neighborhood-disadvantage-index, and standardized doses dispensed.
M Mofizul Islam, Dennis Wollersheim
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Phenotype Expansion of Malan Syndrome: New Cases and a Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Malan syndrome is an ultra‐rare overgrowth syndrome caused by pathogenic variants or deletions in nuclear factor one X (NFIX) located at 19p13.2. Here, we report a comprehensive literature review and phenotyping of known patients with Malan syndrome and present a novel cohort of eight patients.
Alex F. Nisbet, Sylvie A. Adams, Zoe S. Katz, Christal G. Delagrammatikas, Kosuke Izumi, Winifred Sigal, Kim Ventarola, Elaine H. Zackai, Julia E. Reid, Grant T. Liu, Jennifer M. Kalish   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the Raqeeb narcotic controlling system on tramadol prescriptions in surgical patients: A pre-post implementation study

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Background: Tramadol hydrochloride, a Schedule III opioid, is the primary take-home narcotic for postoperative pain in Saudi Arabia, with a misuse prevalence of 11.4%–20%.
Yahya Almarhabi
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Prescription Drugs: State Monitoring Programs May Help to Reduce Illegal Diversion [PDF]

, 2004
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The increasing diversion of prescription drugs for illegal purposes or abuse is a disturbing trend in the nation's battle against drug abuse.
United States. General Accounting Office.
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The Effect of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Opioid Utilization in Medicare

, 2018
The misuse of prescription opioids has become a serious epidemic in the United States. In response, states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which record a patient’s opioid prescribing history.
Thomas C. Buchmueller, Colleen Carey
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Clinical, Behavioral and Neuroradiological Phenotype in an Italian Cohort of Patients With Xia Gibbs Syndrome: A Multicenter Cross‐Sectional Study and Systematic Literature Review

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heterozygous variants in the AHDC1 gene are associated with Xia Gibbs Syndrome (XGS), a genetic disorder with a highly variable phenotype. Cognitive impairment, motor delay, language delay, neonatal hypotonia, and sleep apnea are considered “cardinal” signs of the disease.
Giulia Cinelli, Stefania Della Vecchia, Patrizia Bergonzini, Elisa Caramaschi, Elisabetta Spezia, Claudia Parenti, Simona Filomena Madeo, Laura Lucaccioni, Cavalleri Francesca, Marisa Pugliese, Federico Raviglione, Clara Colonna, Olga Calabrese, Ilaria Stanghellini, Maria Carmen Marongiu, Enrico Biagioni, Anna Rita Ferrari, Roberta Battini, Lorenzo Iughetti   +18 more
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Melatonin Levels in 89 Individuals With Smith Magenis Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In patients with Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), an inverted circadian rhythm of melatonin (MT) contributes to the sleep disturbance. Standard treatment of sleep disturbance with MT often leads to extremely high daytime MT levels, resulting in even more sleep disorders. We therefore retrospectively evaluated the MT data of 89 SMS patients.
Wiebe Braam, Ann C. M. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Ensuring safe access to medication for palliative care while preventing prescription drug abuse: innovations for American inner cities, rural areas, and communities overwhelmed by addiction

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2011
Richard B FrancoeurSchool of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA; Center for the Psychosocial Study of Health and Illness, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAAbstract: This article proposes and develops novel components of community ...
Francoeur RB
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Association between prescription drug monitoring programs use mandates and prescription stimulants received by Medicaid enrollees. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Rev, 2023
Gunadi C, Shi Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program on Drug Misuse and Drug-related Fatal Vehicle Crashes

, 2021
Over the last two decades, prescription drug use increased across the U.S. and was associated with a corresponding rise in prescription drug misuse, overdose, and mortality.
Tatar, Moosa
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