Addictions
Apr 03, 2020
Effective acute pain management has evolved considerably in recent years and is a primary area of focus in attempts to defend against the opioid epidemic. Persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) has an inc...
Apr 03, 2020
Among the expanding world of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Designer Medicines (DM) are designed to mimic psychoactive drugs and might lead to adverse events of various severity. The DM category i...
Apr 03, 2020
Accurate hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence estimates are critical for monitoring progress towards HCV elimination goals, including an 80% reduction in HCV incidence by 2030. Moreover, incidence estima...
Mar 24, 2020
The number of Americans seeking treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to increase. However, there are important nutritional implications of having OUD that often get overlooked by drug tre...
Mar 24, 2020
Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) has become a threat to public health. In the United States, NMUPD is especially common in young adults (aged 18-25). Self-esteem is a robust psychosocial...
Mar 24, 2020
Assess impact of parental involvement in care provision for term substance exposed newborns (SENs).Prospective observational cohort study included mothers with opioid use disorder and their SENs over ...
Mar 24, 2020
The opioid overdose crisis in the United States has prompted an expansion of treatment services, including pharmacotherapy with buprenorphine. However, many people who use illicit opioids (PWUIO) self...
Mar 24, 2020
Medicinal plants from traditional chinese medicine are used increasingly worldwide for their benefits to health and quality of life for the relevant clinical symptoms related to pain. Among them, Salv...
Mar 19, 2020
The benefit of a perianal block as an adjunct to general or regional anaesthesia is debated. This RCT aimed to compare pain at 24 h and up to 14 days after proctological surgery in patients with a...
Mar 19, 2020
An increasing trend in opioid consumption has been observed worldwide in last decades. However, data related to opioid utilization in hospital settings is scarce. The aim of this study was to determin...
Mar 19, 2020
This study aimed at identifying characteristics of individuals who are most likely to benefit from long-term opioid therapy in terms of reduction in pain severity and improved mental health-related qu...
Mar 19, 2020
Opioid use by pregnant women is an understudied consequence associated with the opioid epidemic, resulting in a rise in the incidence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) and lifelong neurobe...
Mar 10, 2020
Retrospective database study.We sought to investigate trends and risk factors for new onset anxiety and/or depression within six months after elective spine surgery.Surgery represents a stressful expe...
Mar 10, 2020
To evaluate the SUMMIT-07 trial opioid withdrawal results of NKTR-181 (oxycodegol), a new molecular entity mu-opioid receptor agonist.Phase 3, enriched-enrollment, double-blind, randomized-withdrawal ...
Mar 10, 2020
Vertebroplasty is a percutaneous minimally invasive procedure indicated for vertebral collapse pain treatment. Among the known complications of the procedure is the augmented risk of new vertebral fra...
Mar 10, 2020
While primary care clinicians are being trained to use buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in order to increase access to addiction treatment, it is not known what impact suc...
Mar 10, 2020
Understanding hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID) is essential for HCV elimination. We aimed to differentiate reinfections from treatment failures and to identify...
Feb 28, 2020
Raddi (Anacardiaceae) is popularly known in Brazil as and has pharmacological use as an astringent, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, depurative, diuretic, and antifebrile agent. Although the neurop...
Feb 28, 2020
Prescription opioid overdose has increased markedly and is of great concern among injured workers receiving workers' compensation insurance. Given the association between high daily dose of prescripti...
Feb 28, 2020
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is primarily used for pain, but might be useful for various other physical symptoms, including nausea, fatigue, dyspnea, and constipation. However, f...