Opioid use disorder

J Strang, ND Volkow, L Degenhardt… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disorder that, whilst initially driven by
activation of brain reward neurocircuits, increasingly engages anti-reward neurocircuits that …

Public policy and health in the Trump era

S Woolhandler, DU Himmelstein, S Ahmed, Z Bailey… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary This report by the Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the
Trump Era assesses the repercussions of President Donald Trump's health-related policies …

Treatment of opioid-use disorders

MA Schuckit - New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
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Retention in medication-assisted treatment for opiate dependence: a systematic review

C Timko, NR Schultz, MA Cucciare… - Journal of addictive …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Retention in medication-assisted treatment among opiate-dependent patients is associated
with better outcomes. This systematic review (55 articles, 2010–2014) found wide variability …

Prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and treatment in the United States: an update

KT Brady, JL McCauley… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Prescription opioid abuse and dependence have escalated rapidly in the United
States over the past 20 years, leading to high rates of overdose deaths and a dramatic …

New directions in the treatment of opioid withdrawal

AB Srivastava, JJ Mariani, FR Levin - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
The treatment of opioid withdrawal is an important area of clinical concern when treating
patients with chronic, non-cancer pain, patients with active opioid use disorder, and patients …

Primary care–based buprenorphine taper vs maintenance therapy for prescription opioid dependence: a randomized clinical trial

DA Fiellin, RS Schottenfeld, CJ Cutter… - JAMA internal …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prescription opioid dependence is increasing and creates a significant public
health burden, but primary care physicians lack evidence-based guidelines to decide …

The ASAM national practice guideline for the treatment of opioid use disorder: 2020 focused update

C Cunningham, MJ Edlund, M Fishman, AJ Gordon… - J Addict Med, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) developed the National
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (the Practice Guideline) to …

Access to treatment for opioid dependence in rural America: challenges and future directions

SC Sigmon - JAMA psychiatry, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
United States. The consequences of opioid abuse and dependence include emergency
department visits, premature death, HIV, hepatitis, criminal activity, lost workdays, and …

Discontinuation of buprenorphine maintenance therapy: perspectives and outcomes

BS Bentzley, KS Barth, SE Back, SW Book - Journal of substance abuse …, 2015 - Elsevier
Buprenorphine maintenance therapy (BMT) is increasingly the preferred opioid
maintenance agent due to its reduced toxicity and availability in an office-based setting in …