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Declining but Pronounced State-Level Disparities in Prescription Opioid Distribution in the United States

Pharmacy
The United States (US) opioid epidemic is a persistent and pervasive public health emergency that claims the lives of over 80,000 Americans per year as of 2021.
Joshua D. Madera, Amanda E. Ruffino, Adriana Feliz, Kenneth L. McCall, Corey S. Davis, Brian J. Piper   +5 more
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Accuracy of Patient Opioid Use Reporting at the Time of Medical Cannabis License Renewal

Pain Research and Management, 2018
The decision to authorize a patient for continued enrollment in a state-sanctioned medical cannabis program is difficult in part due to the uncertainty in the accuracy of patient symptom reporting and health functioning including any possible effects on ...
Jacob M. Vigil, Sarah S. Stith, Anthony P. Reeve   +2 more
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Prescription Opioid Usage and Abuse Relationships: An Evaluation of State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Efficacy

, 2009
Context: The dramatic rise in the use of prescription opioids to treat non-cancer pain has been paralleled by increasing prescription opioid abuse. However, detailed analyses of these trends and programs to address them are lacking.Objective: To study ...
Adam J. Atherly, Christopher R. Flowers, Richard M. Reisman, Pareen J. Shenoy   +3 more
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Mapping opioid exposure through prescription data and postmortem analysis of opioid drugs in multiple tissues

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Although opioids are central to end of life (EoL) care, tissue‐level opioid exposure remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to characterize the relationship between prescription‐derived morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) and measured morphine concentrations across multiple organs.
Niamh Higgins, Alan Wells, Nimish Patel, Nicole Muttera, Mattia Trunfio, Alessandra Manca, Amedeo De Nicolò, Micol Ferrara, Stefano Bonora, Jessica Cusato, Alice Palermiti, Antonio D'Avolio, Marissa Borochoff, Patricia K. Riggs, Elizabeth Hastie, Rabia S. Atayee, Stephanie Solso, Cheryl Dullano, Vanessa Gomez‐Moreno, Tara Tenenbaum, Robert Deiss, Davey M. Smith, Antoine Chaillon, Sara Gianella   +23 more
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Prescription drug monitoring programs and drug overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines and prescription opioids [PDF]

, 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.
Shi, Yuyan, Yuyan Shi, Di Liang, Liang, Di   +3 more
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Effect of oxycodone vs. morphine as first‐line opioid on new persistent opioid use after orthopaedic surgery: A prospective sequential cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Postoperative opioids, intended for short‐term analgesia, contribute to new persistent opioid use in 1%–7% of patients, adversely affecting outcomes. Oxycodone may carry higher risk than morphine, though long‐term data are limited.
Eward J. Melis, Johanna E. Vriezekolk, Frédérique H. C. Bollen, Dirk E. Schrander, Arnt F. A. Schellekens, Bart J. F. van den Bemt   +5 more
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Treatment outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder initiated by prescription: a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2018
Background In North America, opioid use has become a public health crisis with policy makers declaring it a state of emergency. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is a harm-reduction method used in treating opioid use disorder.
Nitika Sanger, Meha Bhatt, Laura Zielinski, Stephanie Sanger, Hamnah Shahid, Bianca Bantoto, M.Constantine Samaan, Russell de Souza, Zainab Samaan   +8 more
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Problematic use of prescription-type opioids prior to heroin use among young heroin injectors

, 2011
Robin A Pollini1, Caleb J Banta-Green2, Jazmine Cuevas-Mota3, Mitcheal Metzner3, Eyasu Teshale4, Richard S Garfein31Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD; 2Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA ...
Teshale E, Metzner M, Cuevas-Mota J, Garfein RS, Pollini RA, Banta-Green CJ   +4 more
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Psychotropic medication use among community dwellers with and without Parkinson's disease – A nationwide cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims We studied the prevalence of psychotropic use and psychotropic polypharmacy in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) during a 10‐year follow‐up, because longitudinal studies on this topic are scarce although non‐motor symptoms of PD are often treated with psychotropics.
Noora Nieminen, Anna‐Maija Tolppanen, Valtteri Kaasinen, Marjaana Koponen, Sirpa Hartikainen   +4 more
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Analysis of physical activity and prescription opioid use among US adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background Opioid crisis has become a global concern, but whether physical activity (PA) can effectively reduce prescription opioid use remains unclear.
Junpeng Wu, Panpan Yang, Xiaodan Wu, Xiaoxuan Yu, Fanfang Zeng, Haitang Wang   +5 more
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