Prescription opioid misuse and its correlates among veterans and military in the United States: a systematic literature review

CC Tam, C Zeng, X Li - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Prescription opioid misuse (POM) has become a critical public health issue in
the United States (US), with veteran and military population being especially vulnerable to …

[HTML][HTML] How sleep can help maximize human potential: the role of leaders

DS Teyhen, VF Capaldi II, SPA Drummond… - Journal of Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective During multi-domain operations (MDO), soldiers need the physical supremacy,
cognitive dominance, and emotional resilience to help defend and win our nation's wars …

Novel vaccine that blunts fentanyl effects and sequesters ultrapotent fentanyl analogues

RC Barrientos, EW Bow, C Whalen… - Molecular …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Active immunization is an emerging potential modality to combat fatal overdose amid the
opioid epidemic. In this study, we described the design, synthesis, formulation, and animal …

How power shapes behavior: Evidence from physicians

SD Schwab, M Singh - Science, 2024 - science.org
Power—the asymmetric control of valued resources—affects most human interactions.
Although power is challenging to study with real-world data, a distinctive dataset allowed us …

Bivalent conjugate vaccine induces dual immunogenic response that attenuates heroin and fentanyl effects in mice

RC Barrientos, C Whalen, OB Torres… - Bioconjugate …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Opioid use disorders and fatal overdose due to consumption of fentanyl-laced heroin remain
a major public health menace in the United States. Vaccination may serve as a promising …

Individual and health policy factors associated with positive heroin and opioid treatment response: United States, 2018

G Pro, C Hayes, CC Brown… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To identify client-and state-level factors associated with positive treatment
response among heroin and opioid treatment episodes in the United States. Methods. We …

Post-combat-injury opioid prescription and alcohol use disorder in the military

KC Alcover, EA Poltavskiy, JT Howard… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Previous studies have identified combat exposure and combat traumatic
experience as problematic drinking risk factors. Increasing evidence suggests that opioid …

Nalbuphine: an underrecognized battlefield analgesic and its utilization in combat care and peripheral areas

S Singh, VS Krishna, GC Ambooken… - Medical Journal Armed …, 2024 - Elsevier
Battlefield injuries result in acute and severe uncontrolled pain, which can be reduced with
the early use of analgesia. Apart from pain, battlefield injuries may also cause significant …

The newest battlefield opioid, sublingual sufentanil: a proposal to refine opioid usage in the US Military

SY Kim, CC Buckenmaier, EG Howe… - Military medicine, 2022 - academic.oup.com
There is an ongoing opioid epidemic in the USA, and the US military is not immune to the
health threat. To combat the epidemic, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of …

Medication-assisted treatment and self-help group participation among military veterans with opioid or alcohol use disorder

DL Albright, JT McDaniel, Z Suntai… - BMJ Mil …, 2023 - militaryhealth.bmj.com
Introduction Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a combination of behavioural therapy
and medications to assist with recovery and has been administered to individuals with …