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Crowdsourcing Black Market Prices For Prescription Opioids

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2013
BackgroundPrescription opioid diversion and abuse are major public health issues in the United States and internationally. Street prices of diverted prescription opioids can provide an indicator of drug availability, demand, and abuse potential, but ...
Dasgupta, Nabarun, Freifeld, Clark, Brownstein, John S, Menone, Christopher Mark, Surratt, Hilary L, Poppish, Luke, Green, Jody L, Lavonas, Eric J, Dart, Richard C   +8 more
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Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK [PDF]

, 2015
A panel of nine experts applied multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to determine the relative overall harm to users and harms to others of street heroin (injected and smoked) and eleven non-medically used prescription opioids.
Phillips, Lawrence, Dale-Perera, Annette, Phillips, Lawrence D., Henderson, Graeme, Melichar, Jan, van Amsterdam, Jan, Bell, James, van den Brink, Wim, Bowden-Jones, Owen, Nutt, David, Hammersley, Richard, Ramsey, John, Taylor, Polly   +12 more
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Euphoria: The Transition from Prescription Opioids to Heroin in Kentucky

, 2017
The demand for and availability of prescription opioids has been quite prevalent in the state of Kentucky primarily since the early 1990\u27s. But between 2010 and 2012, reformulations of opioids OxyContin and Opana, along with the passing of HB 217 and ...
Cundiff, Alexander Ryan
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Associations between Public Health Indicators and Injecting Prescription Opioids by Prescription Opioid Abusers in Substance Abuse Treatment

, 2013
Objective: To determine what, if any, public health and societal impacts are associated specifically with injection of prescription opioids. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Five hundred forty treatment facilities in 35 states across
Cassidy, Theresa A., Budman, Simon H., Butler, Stephen F., Black, Ryan A., Trudeau, K. J.   +4 more
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Things We Do for No Reason™: Withholding opioids among patients with acute pain and opioid use disorder

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalists care for patients with acute pain who have an opioid use disorder and require pain management. Hospitalists may withhold opioids for acute pain due to a variety of reasons. However, adequate pain management in patients with opioid use disorder, including with opioids, is the standard of care. This piece explains how to best manage
Anna‐Maria South, Susan L. Calcaterra, Marlene Martin   +2 more
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Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital

BMC Palliative Care, 2009
Background There are no validated measuring tools to gauge the effectiveness of a Hospital Palliative Care Consultation Team (PCCT). One way would be to consider its effect on the consumption of opioids expressed in total amounts and different ...
Idoate Antonio, Noguera Antonio, Portela María, Centeno Carlos, Rubiales Álvaro   +4 more
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The role of the community pharmacist in medicine information transfer during transitions of care and the impact on associated outcomes: a scoping review

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Transitions of care (TOC) between hospital and community settings are high‐risk periods for medication‐related problems (MRPs), often caused by inadequate information transfer between healthcare settings. Community pharmacists are well positioned to support continuity of care; however, they are frequently excluded from the ...
Melanie Bailey, Laetitia Hattingh, Mathew Percival, Henry Ndukwe   +3 more
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Evaluation of the acceptance rate of analgesic stewardship team recommendations at a metropolitan hospital network

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Analgesic stewardship (AGS) programs, a novel concept in Australia, aim to assess and optimise opioid and other analgesia by carrying out medication reviews and providing clinical recommendations to the treating teams. Aim This study aimed to determine the rate and extent of acceptance of AGS team recommendations among adult ...
Hatsumi Kobayashi, Jeremy Szmerling, Sam Maleki, Mahisha Thiruvasagan, Gordon Mar   +4 more
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Physician Renewal of Chronically Prescribed Controlled Substances Based on Urine Drug Test Results

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2019
Objective: The effect of specific urine drug testing (UDT) results on physician prescribing habits has not been well described. The primary objective was to report renewal rates of chronically prescribed controlled substances based on types of ...
Fatima Hosain, Josephine Lee, Ashar Ata, Ravneet K. Bhullar, Andrew K. Chang   +4 more
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Red Cap Implementation on Schedule II Prescription Opioids in Arizona

, 2020
Class of 2020 Abstract and PosterSpecific Aims Specific aim #1: Assess patients' knowledge of schedule II prescription opioids and awareness of opioid epidemic. Specific Aim #2: Identify demographic factors are associated with red cap intervention.
Kwak, Bona, Nguyen, Bethany, Ho, Victoria, Ho, Jennifer   +3 more
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