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Individual and county-level factors associated with use of multiple prescribers and multiple pharmacies to obtain opioid prescriptions in California. [PDF]

, 2012
Use of multiple prescribers and pharmacies is a means by which some individuals misuse opioids. Community characteristics may be important determinants of the likelihood of this phenomenon independent of individual-level factors. This was a retrospective
Han, Huijun, Kass, Philip, Li, Chin-Shang, Wilsey, Barth   +3 more
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Developing a health communication campaign for disposal of unused opioid medications

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2020
Introduction: Communities throughout the United States have implemented medicine disposal programs to prevent diversion of unused opioid analgesics from homes but a general lack of awareness may contribute to low rates of utilization.
Kathleen L. Egan, Mark Wolfson, Kaylee M. Lukacena, Carina M. Zelaya, Monique S. McLeary, Donald W. Helme   +5 more
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An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2013
Over the past decade, the US has seen a rise in unintentional opioid overdose deaths that has mirrored a rise in the prescribing of opioids and misuse of these drugs. While this is largely an unintended consequence of our efforts to treat pain more aggressively, well-meaning efforts that focus solely on decreasing the prescribing of opioids may lead to
Darius A, Rastegar, Alexander Y, Walley
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Opioid prescribing among aged care residents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis using general practice health records in Australia

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Opioid use is common among adults 65 years and older, while long-term use of opioids remains controversial and poses risks of drug dependence and other adverse events.
Zhaoli Dai, Magdalena Z. Raban, Gorkem Sezgin, Precious McGuire, Shirmilla Datta, Nasir Wabe, Christopher Pearce, Richard Woodman, Andrew Georgiou   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid Analgesic Prescribing Practices of Dental Professionals in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The prescription of opioid analgesics by dental professionals is widespread in the United States. Policy makers, government agencies, and professional organizations consider this phenomenon a growing public health concern.
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Steinmetz, C. N., Szabo, Aniko, Zheng, C.   +4 more
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Use of Prescription Opioids and Initiation of Fatal 2-Vehicle Crashes

JAMA Network Open, 2019
Key Points Question In fatal 2-vehicle crashes, is driver use of prescription opioids associated with increased risk of being culpable of initiating the crashes?
Stanford T. Chihuri, Guohua Li
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

RETRACTED: Clinical effectiveness and treatment satisfaction between two triple‐therapy regimens in treating neuropathic pain: A real‐world data

Ibrain, EarlyView., 2023
This study compared the clinical effectiveness and treatment satisfaction of Pregabalin and Gabapentin triple therapy for neuropathic pain in a real‐world setting. The primary outcome measured the reduction in mean Self‐Administered Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs pain score value from baseline to 12 weeks posttreatment.
Nithya Raju, Samyuktha Villavan, Saranya Ravi, Roja Murugesan, Panneerselvam Theivendren, Vennila Jaganathan, Redlin Jani Rajan, Krupanidhi Karunanithi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source