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September-October 2016

Interventions and Assessments

  • A Comparison of Buprenorphine Implants with Sublingual Buprenorphine Among Abstinent Adults with Opioid Use Disorder
  • Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder Experience Better Neonatal Outcomes with Buprenorphine than Methadone
  • Inpatient Buprenorphine Initiation And Linkage To Outpatient Continuation Did Not Significantly Decrease Illicit Opioid Injection

Health Outcomes

  • Alcohol Intake Among Postmenopausal Women Associated with Increased Risk of Breast Cancer And Decreased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
  • Patient Activation for Medical Care Does Not Improve Substance Use or Depression Outcomes
  • In Youth, Alcohol and Marijuana Use Associated with Poor Academic Performance, Mental Health Outcomes

HIV and HCV

  • Open-Ended and Normalizing Questions Elicit More Accurate Disclosure of Substance Use in HIV Care
  • Among People Who Inject Drugs, Benzodiazepine Use Is Associated with Hepatitis C Seroconversion
  • Missed Opportunity? Low Rates of Rapid HIV Testing In Opioid Treatment Programs
  • Men Living with HIV More Sensitive to Alcohol’s Effects

Prescription Drugs and Pain

  • Naloxone Rescue Kits for Primary Care Patients Receiving Opioids for Chronic Pain May Reduce Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits
  • Chronic Opioid Use After Surgical Procedures In Opioid-Naïve Patients

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  • Journal Club Sept-Oct 2016
  • Update Sept-Oct 2016
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