Addiction Medicine

This cross-sectional study evaluates the association between the category of opioid use among pregnant people and subsequent overdose or death.

This cross-sectional study estimates the prevalence of opioid prescriptions from US surgeons and dentists dispensed more than 30 days after writing and evaluates changes as a result of US state laws enacted to shorten the maximum period between opioid prescription writing and dispensing.

This cross-sectional study reviews emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols for adults presenting with cardiac arrest or overdose to evaluate whether current protocols include the consideration of opioid overdose for patients with possible out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

This survey study compares the use of cannabis for medical purposes as reported in electronic health records (EHRs) with use reported in a confidential survey.

This cohort study assesses the association between pharmacotherapy and the development of alcohol-associated liver disease in patients with alcohol use disorder.

This comparative-effectiveness study uses data from 2 clinical trials to evaluate whether the use of gabapentin for pain management is associated with less opioid use and feeding tube placement among adult patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy.

This survey study examines barriers to and facilitators of obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine among office-based clinicians in Texas.

This case series examines numbers of US clinicians receiving waivers from the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This cohort study with a case-crossover analytical design examines the associations between prescription stimulant use and drug-related poisonings and buprenorphine treatment retention among patients with opioid use disorder.

This comparative effectiveness study evaluates distribution of buprenorphine and naltrexone initiation among individuals with opioid use disorder with or without cooccurring substance use disorder.

This randomized clinical trial tests the effect of a mailed, at-home disposal kit on disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery.

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy, dose response, safety, and pharmacokinetics of 3 different doses of difelikefalin compared with placebo for the treatment of moderate to severe pruritus among Japanese patients receiving hemodialysis.

This cross-sectional study uses US vital statistics data to evaluate alcohol use disorder–related mortality rates from 2012 to 2021, with a focus on trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.