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Buprenorphine prescription dispensing rates and characteristics following federal changes in prescribing policy, 2017-2018: A cross-sectional study.

Jun 08, 2020

Expansion of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment is a core component of the opioid overdose epidemic response. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016 authorized nurse ...

Association between opioid analgesic plus benzodiazepine use and death: A case-crossover study.

Jun 08, 2020

We aimed to investigate whether concomitant use of benzodiazepines and opioids is associated with an increased risk of death in a population-based case-crossover setting.We conducted a case-crossover ...

Antiepileptic Drugs May Up Death Risk in Patients With Alzheimer Disease

Jun 05, 2020

FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are associated with a higher risk for mortality in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study published online May 1...

Seasonal effects on bipolar disorder: A closer look.

Jun 04, 2020

Bipolar disorders have an onset in late adolescence or early adulthood and patients may experience alternating episodes of mania and depression, with euthymic periods interspersed between these extrem...

The effects of DACA on health insurance, access to care, and health outcomes.

Jun 04, 2020

This paper studies the effects of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative on health insurance coverage, access to care, health care use, and health outcomes. We exploit a dif...

Acoustically-driven drug delivery to maxillary sinuses: Aero-acoustic analysis.

Jun 04, 2020

This paper investigates the effect of aero-acoustic parameters on the efficiency of acoustically-driven drug delivery (ADD) to human maxillary sinus (MS). To be more specific, the effect of the freque...

Impulsiveness as a moderator of amphetamine treatment response for cocaine use disorder among ADHD patients.

Jun 04, 2020

Amphetamines are a first-line treatment for ADHD and have shown promise for the treatment of cocaine use disorder (CUD), both alone and with comorbid ADHD. Impulsiveness is a key aspect of both ADHD a...

Intermediate Skin Substitutes are unnecessary in small (<10% TBSA) burns.

Jun 04, 2020

The use of intermediate skin substitutes between debridement and final autografting is routine for many practitioners. Materials such as xenografts and allografts have been promoted to help with wound...

Distinct psychological profiles among college students with substance use: A cluster analytic approach.

Jun 04, 2020

Substance use in youth is a central public health concern, related to deleterious consequences at psychological, social, and cognitive/cerebral levels. Previous research has identified impulsivity and...

Benzodiazepine use before conception and risk of ectopic pregnancy.

Jun 04, 2020

Are women who fill a benzodiazepine prescription before conception at increased risk of ectopic pregnancy?Risk of ectopic pregnancy is 50% higher among women who fill a benzodiazepine prescription bef...

Molecular changes evoked by the beta-lactam antibiotic ceftriaxone across rodent models of substance use disorder and neurological disease.

Jun 04, 2020

Ceftriaxone is a beta-lactam antibiotic that increases the expression of the major glutamate transporter, GLT-1. As such, ceftriaxone ameliorates symptoms across multiple rodent models of neurological...

Inpatient addiction consultation and post-discharge 30-day acute care utilization.

Jun 04, 2020

Addiction Consult Services care for hospitalized patients with substance use disorders (SUD), who frequently utilize costly medical services. This study evaluates whether an addiction consult is assoc...

Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Cesarean Delivery Decreases Length of Hospital Stay and Opioid Consumption: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Jun 04, 2020

 The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a resident-led enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol for scheduled prelabor cesarean deliveries on hospital length of stay and postpartum ...

Pandemic Presents New Hurdles, And Hope, For People Struggling With Addiction

Jun 04, 2020

Before Philadelphia shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Ed had a routine: most mornings he would head to a nearby McDonald’s to brush his teeth, wash his face and — when he had th...

How Much Do We Know about the Biopsychosocial Predictors of Glycaemic Control? Age and Clinical Factors Predict Glycaemic Control, but Psychological Factors Do Not.

May 28, 2020

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases in Malaysia. It is associated with significant complications and a high cost of treatment, especially when glycaemic control is poo...

Surveying sleep quality and fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients at a multiple sclerosis center in Kermanshah, Iran, in 2017.

May 28, 2020

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the nervous system which appears with de-myelination of the central nervous system. Sleep disorder and fatigue are very common in MS patients and ar...

Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to map the cortical representation of lower-limb muscles.

May 28, 2020

To evaluate the extent to which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can identify discrete cortical representation of lower-limb muscles in healthy individuals.Motor evoked potentials were recorded...

Evolutionary and genetic insights for clinical psychology.

May 28, 2020

Recent advances in genetics, and new applications of evolutionary biology, are transforming psychology and psychiatry. The purpose of this article is to review and synthesize the progress in these two...

Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Depression Patient Registries and Clinical Practice.

May 28, 2020

Major depressive disorder is a common mental health condition that affects an estimated 16.2 million adults and 3.1 million adolescents in the United States. Yet, a lack of uniformity remains in measu...

Perioperative Dexmedetomidine Fails to Improve Postoperative Analgesic Consumption and Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing Lateral Thoracotomy for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

May 28, 2020

Dexmedetomidine is widely used as an adjunct to general anesthesia. In this study, we evaluated the effects of perioperative dexmedetomidine infusion on postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing ...

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