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Factors associated with frequent or daily use of prescription opioids among adults with chronic pain in the United States [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 Objectives We aimed to estimate utilization rates of prescription opioids among adults with chronic pain in the United States (US) and identify factors associated with the frequent or daily use of prescription opioids.
Jae Kennedy +2 more
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023 This study is the first to investigate the prevalence of filled opioid prescriptions among indigenous Sami people with self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) and compare it with that of non-Sami living in the same area.
Astrid M.A. Eriksen +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Opioid prescribing data can guide regulation policy by informing trends and types of opioids prescribed and geographic variations. In South Korea, the nationwide data on prescribing opioids remain unclear.
Noo Ree Cho +5 more
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020 Background State governments in the United States are increasingly viewing marijuana legalization as a policy option for controlling the opioid epidemic under the premise that marijuana is a less harmful substitute for opioids.
Guohua Li, Stanford Chihuri
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022 Objective To quantify unused opioids among adult and pediatric patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) or ambulatory care settings with a prescription for acute pain.
Michele P. Dyson +6 more
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Urine Screening for Opiod and Illicit Drugs in the Total Joint Arthroplasty Population [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction. Recent studies have shown an increase in post-operative orthopaedic complications associated with pre-operative opioid use. It is, therefore, important to know if patients use opioids before scheduled surgery.
Bhargava, Tarun +6 more
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Drug prescriptions preceding opioid-related deaths-a register study in forensic autopsy patients.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Background/aimOpioid overdose deaths have increased in Sweden and other developed countries in recent decades, despite increased treatment efforts and harm-reduction interventions. Further knowledge in this field is needed if this trend is to be reversed.
Jonatan Walde +3 more
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Modeling the Prescription Opioid Epidemic [PDF]
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2019 27 pages, 13 figures. Bull Math Biol (2019)
Nicholas A. Battista +2 more
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Abuse and Diversion of Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics as Compared to Extended Release Formulations in the United States. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Therapeutic 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 +9 more
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Systems, 2023 Substance use behavior among youth is a complex peer-group phenomenon shaped by many factors. Peer influence, easily accessible prescription opioids, and a youth’s socio-cultural environment play recognized roles in the initiation and persistence of ...
Narjes Shojaati, Nathaniel D. Osgood
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