[HTML][HTML] Current perspectives on the opioid crisis in the US healthcare system: a comprehensive literature review

N Stoicea, A Costa, L Periel, A Uribe, T Weaver… - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We performed an extensive literature search in Google Scholar and Pub Med
databases that were published between December 7, 1999 and January 9, 2018 in …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: a systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised …

O Magwood, G Salvalaggio, M Beder, C Kendall… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Substance use is disproportionately high among people who are homeless or
vulnerably housed. We performed a systematic overview of reviews examining the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of opioid overdose

KM Babu, J Brent, DN Juurlink - New England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Prevention of Opioid Overdose This review explains harm-reduction strategies for three
groups of patients: those who have not received previous opioid therapy, those receiving …

Executive summary of the focused update of the ASAM national practice guideline for the treatment of opioid use disorder

K Crotty, KI Freedman… - Journal of Addiction …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
A Focused Update of the ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use
Disorder is published in the current issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The focused …

Future directions for medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder with American Indian/Alaska Natives

KL Venner, DM Donovan, ANC Campbell, DC Wendt… - Addictive …, 2018 - Elsevier
The US is experiencing an alarming opioid epidemic, and although American Indians and
Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are especially hard hit, there is a paucity of opioid-related treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators to opioid agonist therapy in rural and remote communities in Canada: an integrative review

EM Pijl, A Alraja, E Duff, C Cooke, S Dash… - … , prevention, and policy, 2022 - Springer
Background People living in rural and remote communities in Canada are often
disproportionately impacted by opioid use disorder. When compared to urban centres, rural …

Sustained implementation of a multicomponent strategy to increase emergency department-initiated interventions for opioid use disorder

M Lowenstein, J Perrone, RA Xiong, CK Snider… - Annals of emergency …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study objective There is strong evidence supporting emergency department (ED)-initiated
buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, but less is known about how to implement this …

Identification and management of opioid use disorder in primary care: an update

JH Donroe, EP Bhatraju, JI Tsui, EJ Edelman - Current psychiatry reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The rising prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and related
complications in North America coupled with limited numbers of specialists in addiction …

[HTML][HTML] Bridge clinic implementation of “72-hour rule” methadone for opioid withdrawal management: impact on opioid treatment program linkage and retention in …

JL Taylor, J Laks, PJ Christine, J Kehoe, J Evans… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Methadone for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment is restricted to licensed
opioid treatment programs (OTPs) with substantial barriers to entry. Underutilized …

Management of opioid use disorder in the emergency department: a white paper prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine

RJ Strayer, K Hawk, BD Hayes, AA Herring… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over 2 million Americans misuse prescription or illicitly obtained opioids, and opioid
overdose deaths rose to a record 47,600 in 2017, representing a nearly 600% increase in …