Clinical medicine (London, England), 13(2), 149-151 (2013-05-18)
Opioids can induce respiratory depression by invoking a centrally mediated decrease in involuntary respiratory rate, which in severe cases can cause a decrease in oxygen saturation. If respiratory depression is opioid induced, both low respiratory rate and low oxygen saturation
Journal of addictive diseases, 32(1), 68-78 (2013-03-14)
Patients with opioid addiction who receive prescription opioids for treatment of nonmalignant chronic pain present a therapeutic challenge. Fifty-four participants with chronic pain and opioid addiction were randomized to receive methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone. At the 6-month follow-up examination, 26 (48.1%)
Journal of addictive diseases, 32(1), 53-67 (2013-03-14)
This study explores strategies that Suboxone misusers utilize while in drug treatment. Ethnographic interviews were conducted with 14 patients who had cycled in and out of Suboxone treatment. The objective of the study is to identify strategies implemented by patients
Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 22(4), 517-525 (2013-03-15)
Opioid receptor antagonists are well known for their ability to attenuate or reverse the effects of opioid agonists. This property has made them useful in mitigating opioid side effects, overdose and abuse. Paradoxically, opioid antagonists have been reported to produce
Although both biphenyl and phenyl-hexyl phases can resolve these compounds, the former exhibits excellent peak shape and substantially less silanol-derived ion exchange activity.
