Prospective study of QTc changes among former opiate addicts since admission to methadone maintenance treatment: benzodiazepine risk.

abstract：:This case study of the development and implementation of an opioid overdose prevention program is based on an actual clinic's experience, but information about the clinic, including details of implementation and outcome measures, has been changed. Four experts reflect on the medical, administrative, peer-support, comm...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Wilder CM,Brason FW 2nd,Clark AK,Galanter M,Walley AY,Winstanley EL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The paper describes 2 case reports of non-medical use of Naphazoline (Naphthyzin). Both demonstrate that the peripherally acting alpha-adrenergic agonist Naphazoline obtains some addictive potential. The drug produces a feeling of euphoria, which resembles the perceived effects of psychostimulants. Both patients and...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Skryabin VY,Vinnikova MA,Komarov SD,Khvan AG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with psychiatric disease, substance abuse, and/or housing instability have a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, such individuals are often excluded from treatment for HCV infection because of a perceived inability to adhere to the rigorous medication regimen re...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Ho CJ,Preston C,Fredericks K,Doorley SL,Kramer RJ,Kwan L,Kamal A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buprenorphine/naloxone has been shown to be an effective treatment of opioid use disorder. According to the Canadian National clinical practice guideline on the management of opioid use disorders, given the superior safety profile of buprenorphine/naloxone and its potential for flexible take-home dosing in c...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Hamata B,Griesdale D,Hann J,Rezazadeh-Azar P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Individuals with substance use disorders have a high prevalence of smoking cigarettes. Hospitalization represents an opportunity to deliver concurrent treatment for tobacco and other substances. Using a sequential explanatory mixed methods design, we characterized practices and perspectives of patients and ph...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Kathuria H,Seibert RG,Cobb V,Weinstein ZM,Gowarty M,Helm ED,Wiener RS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for prenatal drug use is recommended. The NIDA-modified Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (NM-ASSIST) is a screener for drug use that has not yet been validated with pregnant women. This study aims to assess the substance-specific diagnostic validity of the NM-ASSIST (not i...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Oga EA,Mark K,Peters EN,Coleman-Cowger VH

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Effective and safe pain management interventions in methadone maintenance treatment are needed. METHODS:We examined the feasibility (ie, single-session attendance) and acceptability (ie, patient satisfaction and booster session attendance) of cognitive-behavioral therapy-informed groups for pain management-...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Barry DT,Savant JD,Beitel M,Cutter CJ,Schottenfeld RS,Kerns RD,Moore BA,Oberleitner L,Joy MT,Keneally N,Liong C,Carroll KM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: This study characterizes patterns and correlates of prescription drug nonmedical (PDNM) use and prescription drug problem (PDP) use among U.S. adolescents. METHODS:: Using the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), we estimated annual prevalence of PDNM and PDP use. We stratified prevalence ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Simoni-Wastila L,Yang HW,Lawler J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical case presentation and discussion illustrates a culturally adapted alcohol and drug use intervention using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach, incorporating motivational interviewing skills. This case conference serves to complement the accompanying review articl...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Satre DD,Manuel JK,Larios S,Steiger S,Satterfield J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that cocaine use alters availability of brain dopamine D2 receptors (D2R) and transporters (DAT). The present study examined the effects of low doses of cocaine on this neuroadaptation. Using positron emission tomography (PET), D2R and DAT availability in the caudate nucleus (Cd), pu...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Czoty PW,Gage HD,Nader SH,Reboussin BA,Bounds M,Nader MA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Does performing pre-employment hair drug testing subsequently affect the prevalence of positive random and postaccident urine drug tests? METHODS:This cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of positive postaccident and random workplace urine drug tests for companies that perform pre-e...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Price JW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:If employee drug use plays a significant part in the incidence of workplace accidents, one would anticipate the positivity rates of postaccident drug tests to be higher than the positivity rates for random tests. Past studies examined the difference of a dichotomous outcome between 2 groups. Dichotomous (p...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Price JW

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: With the growing public interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis and cannabinoids in the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), some states have now either added or proposed to add OUD as an indication for their state's medical marijuana program. However, these initiatives are based on weak eviden...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Suzuki J,Weiss RD

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the rates and predictors of clinician recommendation for follow-up after a positive screen for unhealthy drug use, in a context of mandatory routine screening. To measure response to clinician recommendations and identification of new drug use diagnoses. METHODS:Data are from a Veterans Health Ad...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Hodgkin D,Gao W,Larson MJ,Drebing CE,Merrick EL,Pugatch M,Horgan CM,Zolotusky G,Petry NM,Saitz R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although buprenorphine is approved for use in the outpatient treatment of opioid addiction in 2 tablet formulations, a monoproduct containing buprenorphine only (Subutex) and a buprenorphine/naloxone combination product (Suboxone), much of the clinical data that support the approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Compton P,Ling W,Chiang CN,Moody DE,Huber A,Ling D,Charuvastra C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco use is a major threat to public health in the United States, and the number one cause of preventable death. Although most smokers try to quit unaided, robust data indicate that pairing behavioral support to US Food Drug Administration-approved cessation medications significantly increase cessation rates. Those...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Williams JM,Steinberg ML,Kenefake AN,Burke MV

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The efficacy of brief interventions for cannabis use was assessed in a systematic review and meta-analyses. METHODS:Systematic searches in academic databases were conducted, and reference lists of included studies were reviewed. Randomized trials were included that compared brief interventions with minimal ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Imtiaz S,Roerecke M,Kurdyak P,Samokhvalov AV,Hasan OSM,Rehm J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug; a substantial minority of users develop dependence. The current lack of pharmacological treatments for cannabis dependence warrants the use of novel approaches and further investigation of promising pharmacotherapy. In this case series, we assessed the use of ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Trigo JM,Soliman A,Staios G,Quilty L,Fischer B,George TP,Rehm J,Selby P,Barnes AJ,Huestis MA,Le Foll B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is treated with peg-interferon α2a or α2b and ribavirin. International studies show that drug user adherence to treatment is 40% to 60% and increases if the patient is in addiction treatment. The aim of the Together To Take Care (TTTC) study was to achieve better adherence to HCV ther...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Curcio F,Di Martino F,Capraro C,Angelucci F,Bulla F,Caprio N,Cascone A,D'ascoli G,Focaccio F,Gaveglia M,Longobardo A,Martini S,Masucci S,Morra A,Pasquale G,Pisapia R,Plenzik M,Veneruso C,Villano G,Russo M,De Rosa

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the relation between impulsivity and smoking is well-documented, one model of impulsivity that has received little attention in the addiction literature separates impulsivity into 2 dimensions: functional impulsivity (tendency to make quick effective decisions) and dysfunctional impulsivity (tendenc...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Pitts SR,Leventhal AM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cocaine is a known risk factor for several vascular ischemic events. The underlying mechanisms leading to the complications are not fully understood, although thrombus formation and accelerated atherosclerosis are prominent findings. Evidence of endothelial dysfunction (ED), a key phenomenon in the pathogene...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Massardo T,Quintana JC,Jaimovich R,Sáez CG,Cabreras MJ,Pereira-Flores K,Ibáñez C,Pallavicini J,Véliz J,Mezzano D,Pereira J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite growing legal control, a wide range of synthetic cannabis analogues is currently used for recreational purposes, notwithstanding their well adverse outcomes, which appear to be more frequent and more serious than those associated with cannabis use. We present the case report of a patient with paran...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Oliveira PMDS,Morais ASF,Madeira NGGF

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Provision of smoking-cessation treatment is limited in office-based buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) settings. This study describes smoking and smoking-cessation behaviors among patients receiving office-based BMT. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of patients receiving office-based BMT at a community ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Shah PA,Cunningham CO,Brisbane MT,DeLuca JP,Nahvi S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There are several brief screening tools for gambling that possess promising psychometric properties, but have uncertain utility in generalist healthcare environments which prioritize prevention and brief interventions. This study describes an examination of the National Opinion Research Centre Diagnostic a...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Cowlishaw S,McCambridge J,Kessler D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Opiates drug users are at much higher risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) infection than general population. We conducted this study to determine the susceptibility for pulmonary and latent TB infection in opiates drug users. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, all opiates drug users referred to drop-in...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Honarvar B,Lankarani KB,Odoomi N,Roudgari A,Moghadami M,Kazerooni PA,Abadi AH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the correlates of recreational gambling in lower-income compared with middle/higher-income groups. We examined, by logistic regression, a nationally representative U.S. adult sample (n = 2417) from the 1998 Gambling Impact and Behavior Study (GIBS) to investigate the influence ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Barry DT,Maciejewski PK,Desai RA,Potenza MN

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 2017, an academic health center in Chicago launched the multidisciplinary Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) to address opioid misuse across 18 inpatient units and in a new outpatient addiction medicine clinic. This report assesses the first 5 months of implementation and associations with patient heal...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Thompson HM,Hill K,Jadhav R,Webb TA,Pollack M,Karnik N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines are a controversial treatment for anxiety in patients with substance use disorders. Concerns include risk of addiction, overdose, and diversion. But benzodiazepines are among the most effective and well-tolerated treatments for anxiety, and are safe for the majority of patients who take them. Though no...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Park TW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To describe trends in court-mandated treatment in pregnancy. In particular, to determine whether pregnant women who enter treatment via the criminal justice system differ from women who enter voluntarily. METHODS:: Data were obtained from the Treatment Episode Data Set, an administrative data set that cap...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Terplan M,Smith EJ,Kozloski MJ,Pollack HA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Acknowledging the needs and challenges of women with opioid use disorder is an essential step to reduce the opioid epidemic in the United States. Efforts that can help women include increasing psychosocial services to address trauma, increasing access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder, reducing barrier...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Springer SA,Biondi BE,Frank C,El-Bassel N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00