Sentences with phrase «illicit opioid use»

The team found that patients in the detoxification group tested positive for illicit opioid use more often than those in the maintenance group.

They found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use.

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Breastfeeding should be encouraged in women who are stable on their opioid agonist, who are not using illicit drugs, and who have no other contraindications, such as HIV infection (73, 74).

Sue pharmaceutical opioid distributors for violating «their duty by selling large amounts of painkillers that were then diverted for illicit uses, helping to contribute to the opioid epidemic.»

We do know that people who experience strains, like sex assault, are more likely to use illicit drugs, and we certainly need to be mindful of halting an already nationwide epidemic of opioid and other drug misuse.»

«Historically, drug withdrawal for newborns has been described among illicit drug use such as heroin or women treated for previous opioid abuse, but this is really one of the first studies to look at legal prescriptions for pregnant women.

«They were less likely to use illicit opioids of any kind.»

Currently, more than 20 million Americans are illicit opioid users, misusing prescription opioids or using street opioids such as heroin.

The ED - initiated buprenorphine group was nearly twice as likely to be enrolled in addiction treatment, and used illicit opioids for fewer days, during the 30 days after the ED visit.

It affects the family, and there's the possibility of diversion of products, there's the risk that somebody who takes it will then develop an opioid use disorder that might lead to the transition to other types of opioids or other illicit drugs.

Eighty - one (94 percent) of the mothers were receiving opioid substitution therapy from the first trimester, with 17 (20 percent) relapsing into illicit drug use during the third trimester.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome has been linked to both illicit drug use as well as use of prescription opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — by pregnant women.

Subjects who had ever used illicit drugs were more likely to have an active prescription for opioid analgesics: 22.5 percent versus 15 percent.

Researchers also noted that little is known about the efficacy and safety of off - label use of naloxone for treating overdoses related to newly emerging illicit uses of more powerful opioids such as fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives.

In addition, cLBP patients with a history of illicit drug use are more likely to have a current prescription for opioid analgesic (pain - relieving) drugs, according to the new research by Dr. Anna Shmagel of University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues.

The nationwide data show that people with cLBP have higher rates of illicit drug use, and those with a past history of illicit drug use are more likely to be current users of opioid analgesics.

Australia has topped the world rankings for use of prescribed opioids and illicit drugs, Medical Observer reported.