Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

OBJECTIVE: Prescription opioid use and deaths related to serious toxicity, including overdose, have increased dramatically in the United States since 1999. However, factors associated with serious opioid-related respiratory or central nervous system (CNS) depression or overdose in medical users are not well characteri…

• ONUR BAŞER

BACKGROUND: Deaths from suicide are a tragic yet preventable cause of mortality. Quantifying the burden of suicide to understand its geographical distribution, temporal trends, and variation by age and sex is an essential step in suicide prevention. We aimed to present a comprehensive set of global, regional, and nati…

OBJECTIVE: Develop a risk index to estimate the likelihood of life-threatening respiratory depression or overdose among medical users of prescription opioids. SUBJECTS, DESIGN, AND METHODS: A case-control analysis of administrative health care data from the Veterans' Health Administration identified 1,877,841 patients…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the healthcare costs associated with treatment of opioid-dependence disorder with medications versus no medication, and with the 4 agents approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective claims database analysis. METHODS: Eligible adults with opioid dependence…

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate prevalence and risk-adjusted healthcare costs of diagnosed opioid abuse in the national Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Costs were compared between patients with and without diagnosed opioid abuse. DESIGN: Medical and pharmacy claims analysis of VHA data (10/01/2006 to 09/30/2010) were retros…

BACKGROUND: Medication overuse headache (MOH) mostly evolves from migraine and episodic tension-type headache (ETTH). Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is another headache type that evolves over time from ETTH. It is well known that psychiatric comorbidity is high in MOH patients. AIM: To investigate the frequency…

BACKGROUND: Medication overuse headache (MOH) mostly evolves from migraine and episodic tension-type headache (ETTH). Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is another headache type that evolves over time from ETTH. It is well known that psychiatric comorbidity is high in MOH patients. AIM: To investigate the frequency…

• NURAY ATASOY

BACKGROUND: Medication overuse headache (MOH) mostly evolves from migraine and episodic tension-type headache (ETTH). Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is another headache type that evolves over time from ETTH. It is well known that psychiatric comorbidity is high in MOH patients. AIM: To investigate the frequency…

• HÜSEYİN TUĞRUL ATASOY

BACKGROUND/AIMS: In this study, the analgesic effectiveness of tramadol, a synthetic opioid, was compared with paracetamol and dexketoprofen in adult patients with acute pancreatitis in the emergency department. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study drugs were similar in color and appearance, enabling the patients to be blind…

• ERTAN SÖNMEZ

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• GÜLSER ESEN BESLİ

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