often at higher risk of abuse than previously thought.The purpose of this review is to summarize the risk factors,risk assessment tools,and surveillance methods for opioid abuse in order to predict,identify,and manage opioid abuse in patients with cancer pain,and to optimize the balance between ...
Additionally, earlier guidelines stratified risk, urging extra safety precautions for patients deemed to be at high risk of opioid-related difficulties. The new guidelines note that “opioids pose risk to all patients, and currently available tools cannot rule out risk for opioid use disorder or oth...
Finally, all participating PCCs, both intervention and control, undergo orientation about and are given access to electronic decision tools through an online platform (http://mytopcare.org/) that includes evidence-based tools for assessment of patient opioid misuse risk (eg, the Opioid Risk Tool26...
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Risk-assessment tools may help stratify risk of opioid misuse among patients with pain, but there are no validated tools to assess a patient’s environment and risk of prescription opioid diversion.9National and state initiatives have been implemented to assist in the prevention of opioid misuse an...
Several assessment tools have been developed to evaluate OIC, of which the Bowel Function Index (BFI) is the commonly used tool in clinical trials. The BFI is a validated, clinician-administered, patient-reported questionnaire that has been recommended as the assessment tool of choice for OIC [...
Prolonged use of opioids can cause opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). The impact of alternative splicing on OIH remains partially characterized. A study of the absolute and relative modes of action of alternative splicing further the understanding of the
Growing evidence suggests that patients with cancer might be at higher risk of NMOU than previously thought. Clinicians should adopt a universal precautions approach for the management of cancer-related pain, including screening of all patients with validated risk assessment tools to enable the identific...
Our study examines whether the introduction of an evidence-based, user-friendly, low-cost package of systems engineering tools can optimize investments in providing medications for opioid use disorder for individuals during the high-risk period immediately after exiting jail. This is the first applicati...
The current opioid epidemic is one of the most severe public health crisis in US history. Responding to it has been difficult due to its rapidly changing nature and the severity of its associated outcomes. This review examines the origin and evolution of