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Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care [PDF]
, 2015 Explores opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Abstract Objective: To explore opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Design:
Lisa Pont +5 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 +5 more
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, 2022 Prescription opioid use disorder is an important sequela of long-term prescribed opioids for chronic ...
Harris-Roxas, B ; https://orcid.org/ +3 more
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Prescription of Opioids for Opioid-Naive Medical Inpatients
The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2014 Harms associated with prescription opioids are a major and increasing public health concern. Prescribing of opioids for inpatients may contribute to the problem, especially if primary care practitioners continue opioid therapy that is initiated in hospital.To describe the extent and nature of opioid prescribing for opioid-naive patients (i.e., no use ...
Sharan, Lail +3 more
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Effect Of A “No Superuser Opioid Prescription” Policy On ED Visits And Statewide Opioid Prescription [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017 The U.S. opioid epidemic has highlighted the need to identify patients at risk of opioid abuse and overdose. We initiated a novel emergency department- (ED) based interventional protocol to transition our superuser patients from the ED to an outpatient chronic pain program.
Kahler, Zachary Piazza +5 more
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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 +8 more
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Prescription Opioids in Adolescence and Future Opioid Misuse
Pediatrics, 2015 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Legitimate opioid use is associated with an increased risk of long-term opioid use and possibly misuse in adults. The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of future opioid misuse among adolescents who have not yet graduated from high school.
Richard, Miech +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Balance in Opioid Prescription during Pregnancy [PDF]
Anesthesiology, 2014 In this issue of Anesthesiology, Bateman and colleagues present an analysis of opioid prescription practices from a large US private insurance database 1. The information, derived from the database “InVision” for Data Mart is constructed from medical and prescription information from privately insured people in the United States. The authors identified
Pamela, Flood, Srinivasa N, Raja
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Prevalence and practice of opioid prescription at a Swiss emergency department: 2013–2017
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020 AIMS OF THE STUDY Addiction associated with prescription opioids is increasing worldwide, including Switzerland. We aimed (1) to determine whether the prevalence and incidence of opioid therapy at an emergency department (ED) in Switzerland ...
Katharina Gaertner +5 more
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