Association of opioid agonist treatment with all-cause mortality and specific causes of death among people with opioid dependence: a systematic review and meta …

T Santo, B Clark, M Hickman, J Grebely… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

Effects of medication-assisted treatment on mortality among opioids users: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Ma, YP Bao, RJ Wang, MF Su, MX Liu, JQ Li… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is associated with a high risk of premature death. Medication-
assisted treatment (MAT) is the primary treatment for opioid dependence. We …

Receipt of timely addiction treatment and association of early medication treatment with retention in care among youths with opioid use disorder

SE Hadland, SM Bagley, J Rodean… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Retention in addiction treatment is associated with reduced mortality for
individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). Although clinical trials support use of OUD …

Buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: an overview

M Shulman, JM Wai, EV Nunes - CNS drugs, 2019 - Springer
Opioid use disorder affects over 26 million individuals worldwide. There are currently three
World Health Organization-recommended and US Food and Drug Administration-approved …

Buprenorphine pharmacology review: update on transmucosal and long-acting formulations

MA Coe, MR Lofwall, SL Walsh - Journal of addiction medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Buprenorphine is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder. As a high-affinity, partial
agonist for the mu-opioid receptor, buprenorphine suppresses opioid withdrawal and …

The use of opioids in the management of chronic pain: Synopsis of the 2022 updated US Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Defense Clinical …

F Sandbrink, JL Murphy, M Johansson… - Annals of internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Description: In May 2022, leadership within the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and
US Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the use of …

The next stage of buprenorphine care for opioid use disorder

SA Martin, LM Chiodo, JD Bosse… - Annals of Internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Buprenorphine has been used internationally for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD)
since the 1990s and has been available in the United States for more than a decade. Initial …

Impact of COVID-19 telehealth policy changes on buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder

L Lin, L Zhang, HM Kim… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors examined the impact of COVID-19-related policies reducing barriers
to telehealth delivery of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) on …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid-related deaths in Europe: strategies for a comprehensive approach to address a major public health concern

H Alho, M Dematteis, D Lembo, I Maremmani… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Use of illicit opioids and misuse of prescription opioids are the main causes of drug-related
deaths across the world, and the continuing rise in opioid-related mortality, especially …

Medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the age of COVID-19: Can new regulations modify the opioid cascade?

EV Nunes, FR Levin, MP Reilly, N El-Bassel - Journal of substance abuse …, 2021 - Elsevier
The temporary loosening of regulations governing methadone and buprenorphine treatment
for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the US, instituted to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has …