Addictions
Feb 28, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of chronic diseases in patients with oral leukoplakia (OL) compared to controls matched for age group, gender, smoking and alcohol use.This ca...
Feb 28, 2020
A substantial share of fatal drug overdoses is missing information on specific drug involvement, leading to under-reporting of opioid-related death rates and a misrepresentation of the extent of the o...
Feb 25, 2020
Lidocaine infusion for pain control has been used for years. While some centers transition from continuous infusion lidocaine to oral mexiletine, there are no published studies to guide this conversio...
Feb 25, 2020
Studies have shown barriers to appropriate narcotic use in the Middle East have negatively impacted patient outcomes. This study aimed to explore health professionals' perspectives regarding opioid us...
Feb 25, 2020
Substance use is common in women of reproductive age, but limited data exist on the dental health of their children, including risk of caries. We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 790,758 infan...
Feb 25, 2020
Morphine and its derivatives play inevitably important role in the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) targeted antinociception. A structure-activity relationship study is presented for novel and known orvinol a...
Feb 25, 2020
DCC netrin 1 receptor (DCC) affects the structure and function of the dopamine circuitry, which in turn affects the susceptibility to developing addiction. In a previous study, we found that single nu...
Feb 17, 2020
To evaluate the effects of an enhanced recovery after minimally invasive surgery (MIS-ERAS) protocol on opioid requirements and post-operative pain in patients undergoing minimally invasive hysterecto...
Feb 17, 2020
HCV treatment as prevention (TasP) strategies can contribute to HCV micro-elimination, yet complimentary interventions like opioid agonist therapies (OAT) and syringe services programs (SSP) may impro...
Feb 17, 2020
It was suggested that D, L-Methadone might improve the clinical course of glioma patients. Owing to massive press coverage, patients demand the prescription of D, L-Methadone, but regarding its adjunc...
Feb 17, 2020
Pain in people with advanced cancer is prevalent. When a stable dose of opioids is established, people still experience episodic breakthrough pain for which dosing of an immediate release opioid is us...
Feb 17, 2020
To identify associations between opioid-related mortality and neighborhood-level risk factors.Cross-sectional study.Massachusetts, USA.Using 2011-2014 Massachusetts death certificate data, we identifi...
Feb 13, 2020
Maintaining phosphorus balance in in-center hemodialysis (ICHD) patients is problematic despite recommended dietary restriction, dialysis, and phosphate binder use. Rarely is P content in prescribed m...
Feb 13, 2020
Naltrexone and nalmefene are approved for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, in different countries. Naltrexone is also approved for the treatment for opioid use disorders, most recently in a dep...
Feb 13, 2020
Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are the most effective treatment for OUD, but uptake of these life-saving medications has been extremely limited in US prisons and jail settings, and limited ...
Feb 13, 2020
Long-term engagement in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has been consistently associated with reduced risk for morbidity and mortality in people with opioid use disorder (OUD). However, the dynamic natur...
Feb 13, 2020
Sleep complaints are common among older adults with chronic pain. Because of the risk of significant side effects, sleep medications are not recommended as first-line treatments. Little is known about...
Feb 10, 2020
Heroin production for external markets and low rates of use in Mexico have had a long history. A recent shift toward an increase in use and related problems calls for the evaluation of treatment needs...
Feb 10, 2020
The aim of this study was to report on the opioid prescribing patterns of oral and maxillofacial surgery residents for routine office-based procedures.A survey was sent to current resident members of ...
Feb 10, 2020
The introduction of abuse-deterrent OxyContin in 2010 was intended to reduce its misuse by making it more tamper resistant. However, some studies have suggested that this reformulation might have had ...