Depot Buprenorphine Improves Outcomes in Opioid Dependence
Participants with opioid dependence receiving subcutaneously administered depot buprenorphine have improved treatment satisfaction compared with those receiving sublingual buprenorphine.
Opioid-Related Disorder
Pharmacological Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Also Reduces Risk for Alcohol-Related Hospitalization
Persons with both opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder have been understudied. The researchers in this study investigated whether OUD medications are associated with decreased risk in alcohol-related morbidity.
Opioid Abuse Higher Among Teens Who Use Alcohol, Tobacco
The study authors investigated the prevalence and correlates of medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications in youth and young adults in the United States.
Text Message System Useful for Monitoring Postoperative Opioid Use
System deployed in 2,444 patients during 16-month period showed that 61 percent of opioid tablets remained unused
One in 10 Continue Opioid Use Two Years After ICU Admission
Mean opioid consumption is increased 24 months after an episode of critical care.
Expert Perspective: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19
To learn more about the overlapping crises of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychiatry Advisor interviewed pain specialist Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, the Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
FDA Strengthens REMS for Transmucosal Immediate-Release Fentanyl Products
While the use of TIRF medications has declined in recent years, data have suggested that prescribing of these drugs to patients who are not opioid tolerant still remains.
Psychosocial Factors Are Key to Chronic Pain and Opioid Outcomes
Researchers found a relationship between pain-related anxiety with pain intensity, interference, and the potential for opioid overuse.
Machine Learning Algorithm May Diagnose Opioid Use Disorder Months Before Physicians
As the diagnosis of opioid use disorder is often delayed or missed altogether, the researchers sought to test the utility of machine learning in creating a prediction model and algorithm for early diagnosis of OUD.
Gaps Found in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During Pandemic
Patients already receiving opioid use disorder treatment continued to receive care during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some disruption to urine testing.
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