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May-June 2020

Interventions and Assessments

  • Alcohol Abstinence to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
  • A Brief Motivational Intervention in a Trauma Center Did Not Have an Impact on Illicit Substance Use
  • Mirtazapine Reduces Methamphetamine Use Among Cisgender Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men

Health Outcomes

  • Higher Buprenorphine Doses May Prevent Return to Use in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
  • Opioid Agonist Treatment Rarely Used or Started During Opioid-related Hospitalizations
  • Heavy Episodic Drinking in High School is Associated With Heavy Drinking and DWI in Young Adulthood
  • Publication Alert: Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorder in Hospitalized Patients

HIV and HCV

  • Opioid Agonist Treatment is Associated With Viral Suppression Among Women With HIV and Opioid Use Disorder

Prescription Drugs and Pain

  • Does Requiring Prescribers to Check Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Increase Opioid-related Deaths?
  • Complex Relationship Between Pain and Alcohol Consumption

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  • Journal Club May-June 2020
  • Update May-June 2020
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