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Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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- The study investigates the quality of life (QoL) perceptions among long-term methadone-dependent patients (MDPs) undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opioid use disorder (OUD).
- Using qualitative methods, the research involved in-depth interviews with 25 MDPs to explore their experiences and satisfaction in various life aspects post-treatment.
- Key findings revealed themes of improved physical and mental health, a sense of purpose in life, positive self-perception, enhanced social support, marital satisfaction, and challenges related to fatigue, stigma, and financial strain associated with MMT.
Prevalence of substance use disorder diagnoses in patients with chronic pain receiving reimbursed opioids: An epidemiological study of four Norwegian health registries.
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January 2024
Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Objectives: Since 2008, patients have had access to reimbursed analgesics, including opioids, for chronic pain in Norway. There is a need for knowledge on the occurrence and trends over time of substance use disorder (SUD) diagnoses among patients who receive reimbursed opioids for chronic pain. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of SUD diagnoses in patients with chronic pain using reimbursed opioids from 2010 to 2019 in Norway.
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J Subst Use Addict Treat
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Background: Buprenorphine is a first-line treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), essential for reducing opioid overdose mortality and improving treatment retention. Despite federal policies that mandate the acceptance of buprenorphine in recovery residences, individuals in South Florida taking this medication often face significant barriers to admission. This study uses a secret shopper survey to examine whether federal policies regarding prescribed buprenorphine use are being violated in South Florida recovery residences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn economic analysis of the cost of mobile units for harm reduction, naloxone distribution, and medications for opioid use disorder.
J Subst Use Addict Treat
December 2024
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, United States of America. Electronic address:
Background & Objective: Mobile substance use treatment units are effective approaches to increase treatment access and reduce barriers to opioid use disorder (OUD) care. However, little is known about the economic costs of maintaining and operating these units. This study aimed to estimate the economic costs of starting and maintaining mobile units providing harm reduction, overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Use of Natural Language Processing Methods in Reddit to Investigate Opioid Use: Scoping Review.
JMIR Infodemiology
September 2024
Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Background: The growing availability of big data spontaneously generated by social media platforms allows us to leverage natural language processing (NLP) methods as valuable tools to understand the opioid crisis.
Objective: We aimed to understand how NLP has been applied to Reddit (Reddit Inc) data to study opioid use.
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