Study details opioid prescribing patterns to US children and young adults in 2019
1. Based on a prescription-dispensing database including a large majority of US pharmacies, 3.5% of children and young adults aged ...
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Prolonged use of opioids and benzodiazepines in extremely preterm infants associated with adverse effects on neurodevelopmental outcomes
1. In this cohort study, prolonged use of opioids and benzodiazepines among extremely preterm infants was associated with lower cognitive, ...
Adolescent misuse of prescription opioids may lead to heroin use in adulthood
1. This quantitative study of high school seniors between 1976-2000 found that nearly 1 in 3 high school seniors who ...
Certain physician beliefs may impede willingness to engage with patients who misuse opioids
1. This quantitative study of physicians found that physicians who carry certain beliefs about blame for and vulnerability to opioid ...
Weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine associated with improved treatment satisfaction versus daily sublingual administration in opioid dependence
1. Participants receiving weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine depot formulations reported improved treatment satisfaction compared with those receiving sublingual buprenorphine ...
Opioid overdose associated with opioid prescriptions to family members
1. In this case-control study in the US, opioid overdoses were associated with history of opioid prescription to a family ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 24, 2019
Association Between Preoperative Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescription Patterns and Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery Strategies to amend clinician prescription patterns are ...
Daily medication more cost-effective than monthly injections for opioid use disorder
1. In this study, the authors observed that both office-based treatments for opioid-use disorder, buprenorphine-naloxone and naltrexone, were equally clinically ...
