Chronic Pain in Canada - Prevalence, Treatment, Impact and the Role of Opioid Analgesia by Dwight E Moulin, Alexander J Clark, Mark Speechley, Patricia K Morley-Forster

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Pain management in trauma: the need for trauma-informed opioid prescribing guidelines by Ben L Zarzaur, Suresh Agarwal, Colleen Trevino, Amelia Baltes, David M Horton, Julia Malicki, Randall T Brown

“…Background/objectives Surgical populations and particularly injury survivors often present with complex trauma that elevates their risk for prolonged opioid use and misuse. Changes in opioid prescribing guidelines during the past several years have yielded mixed results for pain management after trauma, with a limiting factor being the heterogeneity of clinical populations and treatment needs in individuals receiving opioids. …”
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Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: the past, present and future by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, D. V. Reykhart

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Effect of providing at-home opioid disposal kits at discharge after an orthopaedic surgery by Daniel Lee, M Kit Delgado, Zarina Ali, Anish Agarwal, Eric Shan, Ruiying Xiong, Michael Katzman

“…Prescription opioids after surgery may pose a risk if left unused. …”
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Successful Treatment of Opioid Dependence with Flexible Doses of Injectable Prolonged Release Buprenorphine by Oscar D’Agnone

“…Opioid dependence (OD) may be effectively treated with well-evidenced regimens including psychosocial and pharmacotherapeutic interventions. …”
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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

“…Balancing surgical pain management and opioid stewardship is complex. Identifying patient-level variables associated with low or no use can inform tailored prescribing. …”
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Perceptions and attitudes of medical students toward opioid education: A qualitative study by Angelina Luciano, Mara Schenker, Dawn L. Comeau, Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nicholas A. Giordano

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Opioid-Induced Constipation in an Older National Veteran Cohort by Fern FitzHenry, Svetlana K. Eden, Jason Denton, Hui Cao, Aize Cao, Ruth Reeves, Guanhua Chen, Glenn Gobbel, Nancy Wells, Michael E. Matheny

“…A cohort of 152,904 veterans with encounters between 1 January 2008 and 30 November 2010, an exposure to opioids of 30 days or more, and no exposure in the prior year was developed to establish existing conditions and medications at the start of the opioid exposure and determining outcomes through the end of exposure. …”
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Prescription of Strong Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in the Province of Valladolid (Spain) by Rodrigo Enríquez de Salamanca Gambara, Ana María Sierra Santos, Ana María Ruiz San Pedro, Federico Montero Cuadrado, Irene Muñoz León, Miguel Ángel Castro Villamor, Alicia Córdoba Romero, Ana María Del Olmo Tornero, Lucía Pérez Pérez, León Morales-Quezada

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Patients' perspectives on buprenorphine subcutaneous implant: a case series by Claudio Pierlorenzi, Marco Nunzi, Sabino Cirulli, Giovanni Francesco Maria Direnzo, Lucia Curatella, Sandra Liberatori, Annalisa Pascucci, Edoardo Petrone, Generoso Ventre, Concettina Varango, Maria Luisa Pulito, Antonella Varango, Cosimo Dandolo, Brunella Occupati, Roberta Marenzi, Claudio Leonardi

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Deep brain stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex reduces opioid addiction in preclinical studies by Mahdi Fatemizadeh, Esmail Riahi, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh, Anahita Torkaman-Boutorabi, Forough Radfar, Maryam Farahmandfar

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A systematic review of machine learning applications in predicting opioid associated adverse events by Carlos R. Ramírez Medina, Jose Benitez-Aurioles, David A. Jenkins, Meghna Jani

“…Commonly predicted outcomes included postoperative opioid use (n = 15, 34%) opioid overdose (n = 8, 18%), opioid use disorder (n = 8, 18%) and persistent opioid use (n = 5, 11%) with varying definitions. …”
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Envejecimiento humano y farmacología de los opioides. Un tema para reflexionar by Belkys Quintana López

“…Este trabajo constituye una aproximación a las recomendaciones en el abordaje terapéutico de los opioides, sin adentrarse en las individualidades de cada uno, teniendo en cuenta que no existen pruebas del uso de todos en los ancianos, por lo tanto solo aborda aquellos sobre los cuales sí se tienen evidencias.…”
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Opioidergic tuning of social attachment: reciprocal relationship between social deprivation and opioid abuse by Julia A. Galiza Soares, Samantha N. Sutley-Koury, Matthew B. Pomrenze, Matthew B. Pomrenze, Jason M. Tucciarone

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Prevention of Opioid Misuse: A Summary with Suggestions from a Pain Working Group by Gilles J. Lavigne

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Medication for opioid use disorder service delivery in carceral facilities: update and summary report by Justin Berk, Anna-Maria South, Megan Martin, Michael-Evans James, Cameron Miller, Lawrence Haber, Josiah Rich

“…Abstract The opioid overdose crisis intersects critically with the criminal legal system where individuals with opioid use disorder (are significantly overrepresented. …”
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Opioid Medication Errors in Pediatric Practice: Four years’ Experience of Voluntary Safety Reporting by Conor Mc Donnell

“…BACKGROUND: Opioids are the most common source of drug error that leads to harm in pediatric hospitals.…”
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Anesthesia depth monitoring during opioid free anesthesia – a prospective observational study by Krister Mogianos, Anna KM Persson

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Perspectives of substance use disorder counselors on the benefits and drawbacks of medications for opioid use disorder by Nicholas C. Cardamone, Rebecca E. Stewart, Kyle M. Kampman, Steven C. Marcus

Subjects: “…Medications for opioid use disorder…”
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Pain management for the neurosurgical patient in spinal procedures: overview of historic and new modalities by Ashley M. Carter, Samantha Yost, Jessica Tobin, Simran Phuyal, Brandon Lucke-Wold

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