Psychosocial barriers may hinder expanded buprenorphine access amongst opioid use disorder patients
1. In this study, counselors reported that patients would be more likely to access buprenorphine treatment if they had access ...
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Wellness Check: Addictions
2 Minute Medicine is pleased to announce that we are launching Wellness Check, a new series dedicated to exploring new ...
Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections may be prevalent amongst patients with substance use disorder
1. Patients initiating care at one substance use disorder clinic had high rates of HCV and several other sexually transmitted ...
Co-occurring substance use disorders are common in pregnant women
1. Approximately 7% of pregnant women were diagnosed with at least one substance use disorder at delivery. 2. Many patients ...
Automated pupillometry may be helpful in opioid agonist therapy dosing for opioid use disorder
1. In this study, automated pupillometry demonstrated a significant change in mean pupil size detected within 15 minutes of opiate ...
Wellness Check: Addictions
2 Minute Medicine is pleased to announce that we are launching Wellness Check, a new series dedicated to exploring new ...
Transgender veterans may be more likely to use amphetamine, cocaine, and cannabis than cisgender veterans
1. This quantitative study found that transgender Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients were more likely to use certain drugs than ...
United States providers increased prescribing of buprenorphine/naloxone
1. This quantitative study found that the number of providers prescribing buprenorphine/naloxone within Medicare Part D increased between 2013 and ...
Prescription tranquilizer and sedative misuse motives vary widely amongst United States of America population
1. This quantitative study found that motives for prescription tranquilizer/sedative misuse differ widely by age group in the United States ...
Altering electronic medical records may increase naloxone prescriptions
1. This quantitative study found that adding an easy way to prescribe opioids within the hospital electronical medical record system ...
