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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"opioid treatment"”.
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A Geographic Framework for the Optimal Placement of Interventions for Opioid Treatment Deployment in Underserved Areas (OPIOID-UA)
… care system delivers care,; the crisis is the opioid overdose epidemic. The opioid overdose crisis in the United States (US) is well documented as overdose mortality has continued to climb year after year, is a leading cause of accidental death, and has contributed to a reduced life expectancy. …
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Controlled Substance Agreements:The Patient's Perspective Explored Through the Theory of Human Caring
… used by healthcare providers who prescribe opioid medications. Little empirical research supports their effectiveness in increasing patient adherence, education, or legal protection for providers.</p> <p>Research Question: How do patients receiving long-term opioid treatment characterize the …
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Infant populations exposed to prolonged sedation: are they at risk for long-term sequelae?
OBJECTIVE: Opioids are considered standard of care for pain treatment for infants undergoing painful procedures. In addition, prolonged opioid administration is used for sedation during non-surgical treatment (e.g. infants that require intubation and prolonged ventilation). Intubated infants often …
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“I Use Because I'm in Pain”: Perspectives on Harm Reduction Services and Unmet Needs Among People Who Use Fentanyl
… increase in use of illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid much stronger than heroin. Previous studies have shown significant access barriers to harm reduction interventions commonly administered to people who use fentanyl. Our research sought to interview people who use fentanyl in King County to …
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Agreement between self-report and urine drug test results in a sample patients treated with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
… to monitor primary care patients treated for opioid use disorder with buprenorphine. Whether UDT data contributes clinically useful information beyond patient self-report of drug use has received minimal attention. It is unclear whether differences between patient self-report and UDT results …
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An Exploration into Factors Contributing to Patient-Initiated Termination from Addiction Treatment Programs by Opioid-Dependent Persons
… long-standing problem in the field of addiction treatment, is linked to the effectiveness of addiction treatment. The literature revealed several important points. First, treatment outcomes are positively correlated with the length of time spent in treatment. Second, many patients terminate …
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Molecular Mechanisms by Which HSP90 Inhibition in the Spinal Cord Enhances Opioid Receptor Signaling
Our current focus to improve opioid therapy has been studying signal transduction cascades of the mu opioid receptor. Our lab has identified heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) as a key regulator of opioid signaling by demonstrating that when HSP90 is inhibited in spinal cord using 17-AAG, ERK MAPK …
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Three studies on managers' disclosure decisions
My first study examines whether and how opioid crisis affects management forecast quality. Lax regulations and the spreading of misinformation by pharmaceutical companies have resulted in a massive increase in opioid prescriptions in the United States, with the abuse of these drugs reaching crisis …
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Three studies on managers' disclosure decisions
My first study examines whether and how opioid crisis affects management forecast quality. Lax regulations and the spreading of misinformation by pharmaceutical companies have resulted in a massive increase in opioid prescriptions in the United States, with the abuse of these drugs reaching crisis …
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Two methods of biomarker discovery: applications in neuropathic pain and pharmacotherapy.
Biomarkers have potential utility in the treatment of pain as diagnostics and for quantification of drug efficacy and safety. A qualified biomarker will capture overlapping disease mechanisms and will be responsive to treatment. The necessity for these strict requirements renders it difficult to …
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Workplace injuries, early opioid prescribing, and disability in Washington State
… From the late 1990s through early 2010s, opioid prescribing increased dramatically in workers' compensation (WC) systems, following national trends within the United States. The increase in opioid prescribing coincided with an increase in overdose deaths and morbidity linked to …
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Opioid use and abuse in the United States
<p>Opioids have quadrupled the number of unintentional drug overdose deaths since 1999 and are now among the leading causes of death in the United States. Though some reform has recently occurred, the United States continues to operate largely under a punitive criminal justice model despite …
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Prevalence and associated factors of the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. Perspective of the general Spanish population and the experience of patients.
… aim of this thesis was to study the situation of opioid treatments for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). The specific aims were: first, to determine and synthesize the prevalence of the therapeutic use of opioids in patients with CNCP, and to analyze the factors associated with their use through a …