Alcohol and opioid use, co‐use, and chronic pain in the context of the opioid epidemic: A critical review

K Witkiewitz, KE Vowles - Alcoholism: clinical and experimental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The dramatic increase in opioid misuse, opioid use disorder (OUD), and opioid‐related
overdose deaths in the United States has led to public outcry, policy statements, and funding …

Recommendations for buprenorphine and methadone therapy in opioid use disorder: a European consensus

M Dematteis, M Auriacombe, O D'Agnone… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Management of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) commonly includes
opioid agonist therapy (OAT) as a part of an integrated treatment plan. These interventions …

Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users

J Klimas, C Fairgrieve, H Tobin… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Problem alcohol use is common among people who use illicit drugs (PWID)
and is associated with adverse health outcomes. It is also an important factor contributing to …

Executive summary of the focused update of the ASAM national practice guideline for the treatment of opioid use disorder

K Crotty, KI Freedman… - Journal of Addiction …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
A Focused Update of the ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use
Disorder is published in the current issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The focused …

Opioid use disorder

JL Taylor, JH Samet - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable chronic disorder with episodes of remission and
recurrence characterized by loss of control of opioid use, compulsive use, and continued …

What place for prolonged-release buprenorphine depot-formulation Buvidal® in the treatment arsenal of opioid dependence? Insights from the French experience on …

F Vorspan, P Hjelmström, N Simon… - Expert Opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Since the 1990s, opioid maintenance treatments (OMTs), ie mostly methadone
and buprenorphine, have represented the therapeutic cornerstone of opioid dependence. In …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022

O Price, R Sutherland, N Man, R Bruno, P Dietze… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Polysubstance use is associated with negative health and social outcomes
among people who inject drugs. We aimed to describe trends in polysubstance use and …

Variation in use of medications for opioid use disorder in critically ill patients across the United States

ME Feeney, AC Law, AJ Walkey… - Critical Care …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To describe practice patterns surrounding the use of medications to treat
opioid use disorder (MOUD) in critically ill patients. DESIGN: Retrospective, multicenter …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid epidemic and liver disease

EC Verna, A Schluger, RS Brown Jr - Jhep Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Opioid use in the United States and in many parts of the world has reached epidemic
proportions. This has led to excess mortality as well as significant changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] Positive Emotions and Quality of Life among Malaysian Patients on Methadone Maintenance Therapy and Their Psychosocial Correlates

NS Ganesh, M Kaur, R Abd Rashid… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this study was to assess the positive emotions and the quality of life
among patients on methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) as well as their associated …