This state-of-the-art review comprehensive covers the benefits and risks of tapering opioids.
The review discusses opioid strategies and pitfalls that may occur during tapering. The …

Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid‐related deaths remain a significant public health
crisis having reached epidemic status globally. OUDs are defined as chronic, relapsing …

The United States is experiencing a crisis of opioid misuse and overdose. To understand the
underlying factors, researchers have begun looking upstream to identify social and structural …

Importance Opioid use disorder and opioid deaths have increased dramatically in young
adults in the US, but the age-related course or precursors to opioid use among young …

Background Despite the increasing rates of morbidity, mortality, and costs from the opioid
addiction crisis, there is a paucity of literature on nationwide patterns of opioid abuse and …

Issues Non‐medical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) contributes substantially to the global
burden of morbidity. However, no systematic assessment of the scientific literature on the …

Abstract Background: In the United States (US), electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use
prevalence has increased since 2010. Few studies, however, have addressed frequency of …

Tobacco cigarette smokers with comorbid chronic pain experience greater difficulty quitting
smoking relative to those without chronic pain. A brief smoking cessation intervention was …

Introduction The present study investigated the associations between smoking, pain, and
opioid consumption in the 3 months after major surgery in patients seen by the Transitional …

Objective To describe current tobacco use among patients with newly confirmed
fibromyalgia and evaluate the association between tobacco use status and severity of …