Transition from nonmedical prescribed opioids to non-injection heroin use among young integrated Thai male users in Bangkok.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse"
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2022.2126421
Abstract: Opioid use and misuse are understudied in Thailand despite evidence suggesting that a portion of young Thai male integrated drug users are initiating use of non-medical prescribed opioids with some transitioning to heroin. This study… read more here.
Keywords: heroin use; thai male; use; prescribed opioids ... See more keywords
All-Cause and Overdose Mortality Risk Among People Prescribed Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Pain medicine"
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaa214
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To estimate all-cause and overdose crude mortality rates and standardized mortality ratios among people prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain and risk of overdose death in this population relative to people with similar clinical… read more here.
Keywords: mortality; prescribed opioids; people prescribed; cause overdose ... See more keywords
Discontinuation and tapering of prescribed opioids and risk of overdose among people on long-term opioid therapy for pain with and without opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective cohort study
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "PLOS Medicine"
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004123
Abstract: Background The overdose crisis in North America has prompted system-level efforts to restrict opioid prescribing for chronic pain. However, little is known about how discontinuing or tapering prescribed opioids for chronic pain shapes overdose risk,… read more here.
Keywords: oat; among people; therapy; pain ... See more keywords
Prescribed opioid analgesic use developments in three Nordic countries, 2006–2017
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Scandinavian Journal of Pain"
DOI: 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0307
Abstract: Abstract Background and aims While the Nordic countries have considerably stricter controls on opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain than other countries, previous research has warned that prescription of strong opioids is increasing. This study… read more here.
Keywords: dispensed prescribed; three nordic; prevalence; nordic countries ... See more keywords
Definitive urine drug test findings in patients prescribed opioids for pain from a large national database.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of opioid management"
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2022.0723
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Clinicians and policymakers have been wrestling with the appropriateness and safety of opioid therapy during the opioid crisis. Policy and clinical decisions have often been made without much current data on trends in drug… read more here.
Keywords: percent; less likely; likely positive; prescribed opioids ... See more keywords