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Emerging trends in cannabis administration for women with chronic pain.
Mental Health Sci
December 2024
School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Cannabis use among women who experience chronic pain is on the rise in the United States. However, little is known about women's motives and preferences for cannabis administration. The purpose of this study was to characterize cannabis use among women with chronic pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation of State Cannabis Legalization With Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Poisoning.
JAMA Psychiatry
December 2024
Institute for Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Importance: Whether state implementation of medical and recreational cannabis laws is associated with increased cannabis use disorder (CUD) and/or cannabis poisoning among adults is not evident.
Objective: To examine state-level medical and recreational cannabis laws' associations with CUD and cannabis poisoning, overall and by sex and age subgroups.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this longitudinal cohort study, state-level CUD and cannabis poisoning diagnoses from January 2011 to December 2021 were examined across all 50 US states and the District of Columbia before and after the implementation of medical and recreational cannabis laws (MCLs and RCLs, respectively) using a staggered adoption difference-in-differences approach.
An Evaluation of Medication Adherence in New Tuberculosis Cases in Ankara: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Healthcare (Basel)
November 2024
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06230, Türkiye.
Background/objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing adherence with tuberculosis medication therapy. Non-adherence can result in treatment failure, ongoing infectiousness, and the development of drug resistance. Therefore, understanding the reasons behind non-adherence is crucial for achieving the World Health Organization's target of 90% treatment success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Recurrence of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) occurs in 70% of cases, and the risk of progression to muscle-invasive bladder cancer is 20%. Intravesical BCG therapy is indicated in order to increase relapse-free survival in patients with intermediate and high-risk NMIBC. We carried out a survey of Russian urologists on the use of intravesical BCG therapy in the treatment of NMIBC, and also presented the regulatory framework for the use of BCG for the treatment of bladder cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOpportunities and challenges associated with the launch of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study to explore community pharmacists' perspectives.
Can Pharm J (Ott)
November 2024
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Background: In February 2022, a novel antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19, nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid), was approved by Health Canada and made available to patients in British Columbia (BC). BC community pharmacists did not prescribe nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, but dispensing involved a detailed assessment with close attention to drug-drug interactions and patient monitoring. As the nirmatrelvir/ritonavir service was unique in BC, and not all pharmacists participated in the program, it is important to evaluate the perspectives of all the pharmacists who were affected so that lessons learned from the program can inform future pandemic planning and government initiatives.
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