Aligning public health and public safety: Probation as a touchpoint to identify and link patients with opioid use disorder to opioid agonist treatment. by Daniel J Bromberg, Samy J Galvez de Leon, Taylor Litz, Lyu Azbel, Amanda R Liberman, Maxim Polonsky, Sergii Dvoriak, Nataliia Saichuk, Faye Taxman, Frederick L Altice

“…<h4>Background</h4>People in criminal justice settings (CJS) have high rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV. Probation is part of the CJS and congregates many individuals with high rates of mental health and substance use disorders relative to the general population; nevertheless, probation remains a major improvement to incarceration. …”
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Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Who Were First Introduced to Opioids by Prescription: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Nitika Sanger, Nitika Sanger, Meha Bhatt, Nikhita Singhal, Balpreet Panesar, Balpreet Panesar, Alessia D’Elia, Alessia D’Elia, Maegan Trottier, Hamnah Shahid, Alannah Hillmer, Natasha Baptist-Mohseni, Victoria Roczyki, Victoria Roczyki, Divya Soni, Maurana Brush, Elizabeth Lovell, Elizabeth Lovell, Stephanie Sanger, M. Constantine Samaan, Russell J. de Souza, Lehana Thabane, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan, Zainab Samaan

Subjects: “…opioids…”
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Opioid prescribing practices at hospital discharge for surgical patients before and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2016 opioid prescribing guideline by Erica Langnas, Andrew Bishara, Rhiannon Croci, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Elizabeth C. Wick, Catherine L. Chen, Zhonghui Guan

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Opioid-free anesthesia compared to opioid anesthesia for laparoscopic radical colectomy with pain threshold index monitoring: a randomized controlled study by Guangquan An, Guiying Wang, Bingsha Zhao, Xiaoying Zhang, Zhihan Li, Jianfeng Fu, Xuelian Zhao

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Opioid-use disorder among patients on long-term opioid therapy: impact of final DSM-5 diagnostic criteria on prevalence and correlates by Boscarino JA, Hoffman SN, Han JJ

“…Joseph A Boscarino,1 Stuart N Hoffman,1 John J Han2 1Center for Health Research, 2Department of Pain Medicine, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA, USAAims: Previously, we estimated the prevalence and risk factors for prescription opioid-use disorder among outpatients on opioid therapy using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 and DSM-4 criteria. …”
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Opioid Agonist Treatment and Risk of Mortality During an Opioid Overdose Public Health Emergency: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study by Lindsay A Pearce, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Haoxuan Zhou, Fahmida Homayra, Amanda Slaunwhite, Michael A Irvine, Gina McGowan, Bohdan Nosyk

“…Introduction Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is a safe and effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). …”
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Too much or too little opioids to patients receiving opioid agonist therapy in Norway (2013–2017): a prospective cohort study by Jørn Henrik Vold, Svetlana Skurtveit, Christer Aas, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes

Subjects: “…Opioid substitution treatment…”
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The immune-opioid axis in prediabetes: predicting prediabetes with insulin resistance by plasma interleukin-10 and endomorphin-2 to kappa-opioid receptors ratio by Shatha Rouf Moustafa

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Pharmacological interventions for preventing opioid-induced hyperalgesia in adults after opioid-based anesthesia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Wei-Ji Xie, Ji-Shuang Hong, Cheng-Fei Feng, Hao-Feng Chen, Wei Li, Yong-Chun Li

Subjects: “…opioid-induced hyperalgesia…”
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Systemic nicotine enhances opioid self-administration and modulates the formation of opioid-associated memories partly through actions within the insular cortex by Gregory C. Loney, Christopher P. King, Paul J. Meyer

“…Abstract Habitual use of nicotine containing products increases propensity to misuse prescription opioids and its prevalence is substantially increased in individuals currently involved in opioid-treatment programs. …”
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Trends in potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing and associated risk factors among Korean noncancer patients prescribed non-injectable opioid analgesics by Yoojin Noh, Kyu-Nam Heo, Yun Mi Yu, Ju-Yeun Lee, Young-Mi Ah

“…Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate trends in the prevalence of potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing (PIOP) and identify potential risk factors among Korean noncancer patients. …”
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Distribution of take-home opioid antagonist kits during a synthetic opioid epidemic in British Columbia, Canada: a modelling study by Michael A Irvine, PhD, Jane A Buxton, ProfMBBS, Michael Otterstatter, PhD, Robert Balshaw, PhD, Reka Gustafson, MD, Mark Tyndall, ProfMD, Perry Kendall, MD, Thomas Kerr, ProfPhD, Mark Gilbert, MD, Daniel Coombs, ProfPhD

“…Summary: Background: Illicit use of high-potency synthetic opioids has become a global issue over the past decade. …”
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Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Lifestyle Risk Factors in Opioid Users and Non-Opioid Drug Users in Fasa Persian Cohort Population by Alireza Jalayee, Tahereh Gholami, Azizollah Dehghan, Habib Zakeri

“…The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of low back pain and risk factors for lifestyle in opioid users and non-opioid drug users in the population of Fasa Persian cohort. …”
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Non-opioid versus Opioid Peri-operative Analgesia In Neurosurgery (NOPAIN): Study protocol for a multi-centric randomised controlled trial by Kamath Sriganesh, Georgene Singh, Prasanna Udupi Bidkar, Manikandan Sethuraman, Srilata Moningi

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P137. HIGH-RISK OPIOID PRESCRIBING AND PERSISTENT OPIOID USE AFTER MAJOR LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES by Nishant Ganesh Kumar, MD, Hsou Mei-Hu, PhD, MBA, MHS, Maryam Yazdanfar, MS, Jennifer F. Waljee, MD, MPH, MS, Theodore A. Kung, MD

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Mechanistic Characterization of the Pharmacological Profile of HS-731, a Peripherally Acting Opioid Analgesic, at the µ-, δ-, κ-Opioid and Nociceptin Receptors by Kristina Puls, Helmut Schmidhammer, Gerhard Wolber, Mariana Spetea

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Video-Based, Patient-Focused Opioid Education in the Perioperative Period Increases Self-Perceived Opioid-Related Knowledge: A Pilot Study by Goree JH, Srinivasan N, Cucciare MA, Zaller N, Byers L, Boateng B, Hayes CJ

Subjects: “…opioids…”
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Opioid use and disposal patterns of emergency department patients by Valerie Hoerster, Derek Tang, Marlee Milkis, Stephanie Litzenberger, Jill Stoltzfus, Holly Stankewicz

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Medical cannabis for the reduction of opioid dosage in the treatment of non-cancer chronic pain: a systematic review by Babasola O. Okusanya, Ibitola O. Asaolu, John E. Ehiri, Linda Jepkoech Kimaru, Abidemi Okechukwu, Cecilia Rosales

Subjects: “…Opioid epidemic…”
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Remifentanil-induced postoperative hyperalgesia: current perspectives on mechanisms and therapeutic strategies by Santonocito C, Noto A, Crimi C, Sanfilippo F

Subjects: “…Opioid induced hyperalgesia…”
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