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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Opioid dependence"”.
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Comorbid opioid dependence and chronic pain: Clinical implications
<b>Context</b>: Chronic pain and opioid dependence confer substantial individual and societal burdens and are notoriously difficult to treat effectively. Their comorbid presentation further complicates effective treatment through complex physiological and environmental …
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Benzodiazepine and opioid dependence. Clinical and meta-analytical studies.
… Five patients, all with concomitant codeine dependence and a more pronounced BZD tolerance, dropped out after 2-3 days. In the dependence rate study (Paper II) the frequency of prescribed drug dependence among 130 alcohol dependent patients in open care, 23 long-term institutionalized …
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CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE ON CENTRAL AMYGDALA NEURONS
Opioid use disorder and chronic pain impact millions of Americans every year. Given the interactions of pain with opioid withdrawal, it is critical to understand how the neural substrates for pain, such as the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), are impacted by opioid dependence. Growing …
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The impact of regulatory changes on the providers of treatment for opioid dependence
… such as buprenorphine, for treatment of opioid dependence. As of 2006, physicians have been allowed to treat up to 100 patients after spending one year at a 30-patient limit. Physicians may choose to discontinue use of buprenorphine after the patient has successfully discontinued use of …
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Comparative Long-term Outcomes of Detoxification and Opioid Maintenance Therapy for the Management of Opioid Dependence
For the pharmacological management of dependence to illicit opioids detoxification and opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) are the primary treatment options. Over the past decade the United Kingdom has seen a mostly political push towards a more abstinence-oriented treatment agenda and away from the …
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Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence in the United States – Identifying Implications for Policy and Practice
<p>Americans make and use the most opioids in the world. Although comprising somewhat less than 5% of the world’s population, the United States (US) produces approximately 90% of the global supply of Hydrocodone and consumes an estimated 80% of the total international supply. It is not surprising, …
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Use and misuse of sedative drugs and related substances - Findings in the general population and in individuals with opioid dependence
… but are associated with a risk of misuse and dependence, as well as an increased risk of accidents, injuries and overdoses, both in the general population and especially in individuals with other substance misuse. The present thesis aims to investigate prescription sedative use and misuse in …
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Case study to assess the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychotropic medications as a treatment approach for an adult male with major depressive disorder and opioid dependence
… dual diagnosis of major depressive disorder and opioid dependence. The client exhibited severe depressive symptoms along with symptoms of opioid dependence. The client's depressive disorder was the primary diagnosis on Axis I due to onset of symptoms beginning before substance use began. A review …
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Synthesis of Analogues Based on the Opioid Alkaloid Mitragynine
Opioid analgesics such as morphine and its derivatives are the most frequently prescribed narcotics for the treatment of severe and chronic pain. Among other side effects caused by the administration of these opioid analgesics, physical dependence and addiction are the most undesirable ones. …
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Responsibility and Resistance at the Clinic – How is Opioid Use Now Understood and Managed?
Post-industrialisation, opioid use has been problematised to serve various socio-political interests. This thesis explores how medical institutions now manage what is increasingly described as an international opioid ‘crisis’. Through an institutional ethnography of an opioid substitution treatment …
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Acute pain management in methadone maintenance treatment / by Mark Doverty.
… a prior history of substance abuse (particulary opioid dependence) appear to be at increased risk for pain mismanagement problems, this thesis aims to produce data that will eventually help in the formulation of prescribing guidelines, improved policies, and help direct optimal acute pain …
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Multimodal Opioid-Sparing Analgesia: Increasing Regimen Adherence In Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery
<p>Multimodal Opioid-Sparing Analgesia: Increasing Regimen Adherence in Minimally Invasive Abdominal SurgeryIn 2016, the CDC estimated 11.5 million persons in the United States, aged 12 years and older, misused opioids in the past year. The opioid epidemic poses a challenge to the healthcare …
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Pain Intensity And Anxiety Sensitivity In Relation To Opioid Misuse And Dependence Among Individuals With Chronic Pain
… an estimated 68% of the world’s prescribed opioids each year, and over 2 million adults in the US suffer from an opioid use disorder. Although chronic pain populations are among the highest risk segments of the general population for opioid misuse and dependence, there is little …
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Complexities and comorbidities in patients with chronic non-cancer pain: Suicidal behaviours and pharmaceutical opioid use
… with suicidality, the nature of pharmaceutical opioid use in people living with CNCP, the prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in people living with CNCP, and associations between suicidality (i.e. ideation, plans and attempts) and problematic opioid use (e.g. dependence) in this …
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Understanding physical activity among individuals receiving opioid substitution treatment - a mixed methods study
… experiences of a group of drug users receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST). Opioid Substitution treatment is the most widely used form of treatment for individuals with opioid dependence. Existing research in this group (and drug users in general) has tended to focus on harmful …
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Buprenorphine and Methadone in pregnancy: effects on the mother, fetus and neonate.
… maintenance for the treatment of illicit opioid dependence during pregnancy. Parameters investigated assessed pregnancy progression and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) compared to methadone maintenance and non-opioid exposed control pregnancies. This is the first study to present …
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Rapid opioid detoxification with an implementation of the new method of gradually increasing dosage of naltrexone induction /
Over the last decades opioid dependence and complications that go along with it have become a rapidly increasing social burden, as well as a vast problem for the whole healthcare system. Lithuania had 66% of psychoactive substances users, treated for the first time, who were heroin addicts (100% …
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Greitosios opioidinės detoksikacijos eiga taikant naują palaipsniui didėjančių naltreksono dozių indukcijos metodą /
Over the last decades opioid dependence and complications that go along with it have become a rapidly increasing social burden, as well as a vast problem for the whole healthcare system. Lithuania had 66% of psychoactive substances users, treated for the first time, who were heroin addicts (100% …
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Case study to evaluate effectiveness of a treatment approach for major depression
… diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and Opioid Dependence in Early Full Remission. The subject voluntarily participated in individual psychotherapy, was given the Beck Depression Inventory during the fourth and final sessions, completed a satisfaction survey during the final session and …
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The Attitude of Police Force in Facilitating Access to Health Services to People who use Narcotic Drugs in Tanzania
… should be an effective coordination between opioid dependence treatment systems and the criminal justice system. Medical Assisted Treatment services should actively involve police officers in the planning, implementation and monitoring of drug dependence treatment services. There should be …
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