Association of early postoperative pain trajectories with longer-term pain outcome after primary total knee arthroplasty

JA Singh, CA Lemay, L Nobel, W Yang… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Studies to date have not comprehensively examined pain experience after total
knee arthroplasty (TKA). Discrete patterns of pain in this period might be associated with …

Associations of opioid prescriptions with death and hospitalization across the spectrum of estimated GFR

TK Novick, A Surapaneni, JI Shin… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Results The propensity-matched cohort included 46,246 patients prescribed either opioids
or NSAIDs between 2008 and 2017 (mean [SD] age, 54 [16] years; 56% female; 3% of black …

A mini-review of the role of glutamate transporter in drug addiction

W Wang, F Zeng, Y Hu, X Li - Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Goals: The development of new treatment for drug abuse requires identification of targetable
molecular mechanisms. The pathology of glutamate neurotransmission system in the brain …

Prescription drug monitoring programs: assessing the association between “best practices” and opioid use in Medicare

P Moyo, L Simoni‐Wastila, BA Griffin… - Health services …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To estimate the impact of implementing prescription drug monitoring program
(PDMP) best practices on prescription opioid use. Data Sources 2007–2012 Medicare …

Prescribing and administration of opioid analgesics in residents of aged care facilities

AN Hussein, L Emmerton - Journal of Research in Pharmacy …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Optimal pain management in residents requires an understanding of prescribing
and administration of opioid analgesics. This study aimed to describe opioid administration …