Intended for use by physicians, these recommendations suggest preferred approaches to
the diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of care. They are intended to be flexible …

This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

This practice guideline has been approved by the American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases and the American Society of Transplantation. These recommendations …

For patients receiving liver or other organ transplants for diseases associated with
substance use, risk for relapse posttransplantation is a prominent clinical concern. However …

Patients requiring acute pain management may be opioid dependent as a result of either
recreational or therapeutic opioid use, including those in opioid addiction programmes. Pain …

Background Alcoholic liver disease is a common indication for orthotopic liver
transplantation (OLT). Although OLT has been shown to confer survival benefit to patients …

Numerous established and potential drug interactions with methadone are clinically
important in people treated with methadone either for addiction or for chronic pain …

Transplantation provides life-saving therapy to critically ill patients with end-stage organ
failure. We found that the specialized knowledge of mental health clinicians and physicians …

ABSTRACT Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a common chronic complication of
injection drug use. Methadone maintenance programs contain large numbers of patients …

Pretransplant psychosocial evaluations have been a traditional role of the psychiatric
consultation team in the transplantation process. These evaluations are frequently used to …