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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, Samuel Wildbolz, Victor Speidel, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Wolf E. Hautz, Martin Müller   +5 more
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Friends and Relatives as Sources of Prescription Opioids for Misuse among Young Adults: The Significance of Physician Source and Race/Ethnic Differences

Substance Abuse, 2019
Background Given the public health issues associated with prescription opioid misuse, there is surprisingly little research on sources of prescription opioids for misuse.
J. Ford, Corey Pomykacz, A. Szalewski, Sean Esteban McCabe, Ty S. Schepis   +4 more
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Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Experience with a Single Prescription for Total Joint Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2020
Background: Despite advances in perioperative total joint arthroplasty (TJA) pain protocols, opiates continue to play a major role in postoperative pain control.
Daniel Sun, MD, Antonio Cusano, MD, Melvin A. Harrington, MD, Mohamad J. Halawi, MD   +3 more
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The Role of Direct-Injury Government-Entity Lawsuits in the Opioid Litigation [PDF]

, 2018
The opioid epidemic has ravaged the United States, killing over 100 Americans every day and costing the nation upward of $90 billion a year. All branches and levels of the government have pursued measures to combat the epidemic and reduce its societal ...
Aliferov, Edgar
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Prescription drug monitoring programs and drug overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines and prescription opioids.

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the US, benzodiazepine overdose deaths increased at an alarming rate in the past two decades. Benzodiazepines were also the most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose deaths.
Di Liang, Yuyan Shi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Monitoring and Dispensing of Prescription Opioids [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2014
Objective. In the United States, per-capita opioid dispensing has increased concurrently with analgesic-related mortality and morbidity since the 1990s. To deter diversion and abuse of controlled substances, most states have implemented electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). We evaluated the impact of state PDMPs on opioid dispensing.
Joanne E, Brady, Hannah, Wunsch, Charles, DiMaggio, Barbara H, Lang, James, Giglio, Guohua, Li   +5 more
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Effect of restricting the legal supply of prescription opioids on buying through online illicit marketplaces: interrupted time series analysis

British medical journal, 2018
Objective To examine the effect on the trade in opioids through online illicit markets (“cryptomarkets”) of the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s ruling in 2014 to reschedule hydrocodone combination products.
James Martin, Jack Cunliffe, David Décary‐Hétu, J. Aldridge   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring high opioid prescriptions among nephrologists in the United States using machine learning algorithms

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Background and aims: The opioid pandemic has contributed to deaths globally, and prescription opioids have played a crucial role in these deaths. Addressing overdose requires understanding the reasons behind prescription, especially in cases of chronic ...
Shivashankar Basapura Chandrashekarappa, Sulaf Assi, Manoj Jayabalan, Abdullah Al-Hamid, Dhiya Al-Jumeily   +4 more
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Physician self-identified race and opioid prescription practices in upper extremity injuries in the pediatric emergency departmentArticle summary

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Minority children have been shown to receive fewer opioid analgesics for acute pain. Objective: Assess if both White and non-White physicians prescribe fewer opioids to non-White children presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED)
Joseph Langham, Sherita Holmes, Janet Figueroa, Srikant Iyer, Sarah Lazarus, Scott Gillespie, Carmen Sulton   +6 more
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A primary care, multi-disciplinary disease management program for opioid-treated patients with chronic non-cancer pain and a high burden of psychiatric comorbidity [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Chronic non-cancer pain is a common problem that is often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidity and disability. The effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary pain management program was tested in a 3 month before and after trial.
A Rosenblum, AK Burton, AM Elliott, B McCarberg, B Meier, C Maier, CA Hammett-Stabler, CA Soderstrom, CD DeAngelis, CS Cleeland, CS Cleland, CS Cleland, D Bloodsworth, D Fujimoto, DA Fishbain, DA Regier, Darren A DeWalt, DC Turk, DC Turk, DE Joranson, DE Joranson, DE Moulin, DE Weissman, DG Rischitelli, DJ Kavanagh, H Flor, H Ghodse, H McQuay, J Gardner-Nix, J Porter, J Stephen Perhac, JD Bartleson, JD Clark, JE Veney, JK Iglehart, JM Harris Jr, JM Romano, JT Chibnall, JT Farrar, Katherine M Felix, KB Wells, L Allan, L Peters, L Radloff, L Webb, LH Pengel, LK Mannix, M van Tulder, Mary E Bryant, MC Reid, MC Rowbotham, ME Geisser, MF Ballesteros, MI Donovan, Michael P Pignone, MJ Bair, MJ Bair, NG Hoffmann, NJ Adams, OxyContin®, P Belluck, PA Hill, Paul R Chelminski, PE Greenberg, R Colvin, R Friedman, R Melzack, R Rothman, RA Deyo, RB Lipton, RB Lipton, RC Tait, RH Fletcher, RK Portenoy, RK Portenoy, RK Portenoy, RN Jamison, RN Jamison, Robert M Malone, RS Epstein, SA Dunbar, SD Passik, SG Gelfand, SH Roth, SM Fishman, SR Savage, SR Ytterberg, Steven D Prakken, T Bodenheimer, T Bodenheimer, T Bodenheimer, Thomas M Miller, Timothy J Ives, W Arkinstall, WF Stewart, Y Olsen   +95 more
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