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Clinicians are facing diagnostic, treatment and follow-up challenges for the management of these cases.In this article, a broad overview of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid dependence has been provided. Significant benefits of commonly used drugs (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone-based regimens) along with the therapeutic aspects of other available options are highlighted. Salient points on each or individual drug therapy, comparison of pharmacological profiles of dif-ferent drugs, effective clinical practice in different scenarios, relevant drug interactions, and safety issues in various populations have been emphasized. Finally, special issues, such as cost-effectiveness of different medication regimens, community-based approach, dealing with a special population, and upcoming new treatment modalities of MAT have been discussed.Opioids can be an effective treatment option for appropriate patients with chronic pain for whom nonpharmacological or nonopioid treatment does not provide adequate pain relief. However, extended-release (ER) opioid formulations, because of their high drug content, are attractive options for nonmedical use and abuse. Xtampza® ER (oxycodone DETERx®) capsules, an ER abuse-deterrent formulation (ADF), contain microspheres that combine oxycodone with inactive ingredients to increase the difficulty of tampering with the ER mechanism. The aim of this article is to review five previously published studies highlighting the impact of physical manipula-tion (ie, crushing and chewing) on the pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of orally administered Xtampza ER compared with immedi-ate-release (IR) oxycodone and/or reformulated OxyContin® (the first approved oxycodone ER ADF). Across five studies, manipulated (crushed or chewed) Xtampza ER retained an ER PK profile similar to that of intact Xtampza ER, with respect to maximum plasma con-centration (Cmax) and time to Cmax. Additionally, bioequivalence was established between manipulated and intact Xtampza ER, based on Cmax and area under the concentration-time curve values in healthy volunteers and nondependent recreational opioid users. In contrast, crushed OxyContin failed to retain the ER PK profile of intact OxyContin and was bioequivalent to IR oxycodone, based on Cmax in healthy volunteers. The retention of ER PK properties when capsule contents are physically manipulated before oral administra-tion suggests Xtampza ER has lower potential to be manipulated for oral abuse when compared with IR oxycodone or OxyContin.OBJECTIVE To determine if aromatherapy added to the current standard of care for opioid withdrawal syndrome decreases hospitali-zation and need for opioid replacement in neonates. DESIGN Nonblinded, randomized control trial. SETTING Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS Thirty eight patients met inclusion criteria of greater than or equal to 36 weeks of gestation, history of in-trauterine opioid exposure, primary diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and parental permission to participate. INTERVENTIONS Infants were randomized to either a standard therapy group or a standard therapy plus aromatherapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Duration of therapy and length of stay. RESULTS Our pilot study showed that the use of aromatherapy in conjunction with standard therapy reduced the duration of medica-tion treatment by 41 percent and hospital length of stay in the NICU by 36 percent. CONCLUSIONS The use of aromatherapy appears to help mitigate symptoms of NAS and offers to be a viable treatment modality when used with conventional therapy.Cancer pain is often treated with opioids, a therapeutic regimen that can become a challenge in patients with an opioid use disorder (OUD). While use of the buprenorphine-naloxone combination is an effective medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD, its use in pain patients with OUD has been controversial due to concerns that co-administration of buprenorphine can reduce or block analge-sia and precipitate opioid withdrawal in those patients requiring full opioid agonists. Data on its use in cancer pain patients are lack-ing. In this case series, the authors explore the frequency of buprenorphine-naloxone use and its outcomes in patients in a Compre-hensive Care Center (CCC) Pain Registry. OUD was deduced from an International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) diagnostic code for opioid-related disorders recorded in the electronic medical records. Of 2,320 chronic cancer pain patients, 125 patients had ICD-10 code for opioid-related disorders, and 43 had a diagnosis of opioid abuse of whom 11 received buprenorphine-naloxone combina-tions. Eight patients on 18 (6-24) mg per day of buprenorphine-naloxone remained in therapy for 4 (2-7) years without opioid abuse relapse. This assessment was based on clinician's notes, the Prescription Monitoring Program, random urine drug screening, and the absence of Urgent Care Center visits for opioid withdrawal or overdose. When short-term opioids were administered for acute pain, these patients were able to taper down and stop them quickly without an opioid abuse relapse. Buprenorphine-naloxone was effec-tive as the sole analgesic in selected patients. Given its success at the CCC, buprenorphine-naloxone should be made available and strongly considered as a treatment for patients suffering from OUD during and following cancer treatment and when cancer pain re-duces or resolves.INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Mental health disorders and substance abuse are risk factors that both precede and follow chronic opioid use. We predicted that incident opioid users would have lower rates of mental health comorbidities than chronic opioid users, but that incident chronic opioid users would have lower rates of mental health comorbidities than prevalent chronic users. Tiplaxtinin PAI-1 inhibitor DESIGN AND METHODS We used administrative health claims data to evaluate differences in lifetime mental health and substance abuse comorbidity profiles of people who were prevalent and incident chronic opioid users, as well as those who used opioids acutely. Results were stratified by age. RESULTS Over 5,188 people were prevalent chronic opioid users at study entry. Of the 10,079 people who initiated opioids, 10.2 per-cent had a subsequent chronic episode (incident chronic) and the remainder stopped within 90 days (incident acute). In prevalent chronic users compared to incident chronic users, rates of depression and anxiety were higher across all age groups (odds ratio (OR) across age groups range from = 1.
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