A systematic review of patients' and providers' perspectives of medications for treatment of opioid use disorder

K Cioe, BE Biondi, R Easly, A Simard, X Zheng… - Journal of Substance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis. Medications for opioid use
disorder (MOUD) include: 1) buprenorphine, 2) methadone, and 3) extended-release …

Barriers to accessing opioid substitution treatment for opioid use disorder: A systematic review from the client perspective

NY Hall, L Le, I Majmudar, C Mihalopoulos - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To update the existing evidence to identify specific barriers to initiation of opioid
substitution therapy (OST) for those with opioid use disorder (OUD). Methods The review …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of injecting drug use and HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and …

AM Aghaei, J Gholami, A Sangchooli… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Considerable disease burden is attributed to injecting drug use (IDU). This
regional systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of IDU and …

[HTML][HTML] Healthcare inequities and barriers to access for homeless individuals: a qualitative study in Barcelona (Spain)

A Cernadas, Á Fernández - International journal for equity in health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In Spain, homeless individuals have lower perceived quality of health
than the rest of the population and their life expectancy is 30 years lower than the national …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of the socio-cultural barriers of drug addiction treatment in Iran

E Razaghi, A Farhoudian, A Pilevari, A Noroozi… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Introduction Socio-cultural norms can either be encouraging or a barrier to addiction
treatment. More, rigorous research is needed on nonindigenous models in addiction …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness and attitude towards opioid and stimulant use and lifetime prevalence of the drugs: a study in 5 large cities of Iran

E Mohebbi, AA Haghdoost, A Noroozi… - … journal of health …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Providing population-based data on awareness, attitude and practice of drug
and stimulant use has policy implications. A national study was conducted among Iranian …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic and addiction: Current problems in Iran

B Pirnia, H Dezhakam, K Pirnia… - Asian Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus that causes
coronavirus disease (COVID-19)(Pirnia et al., 2020). This disease has created a state of …

Attitudes toward methadone treatment among Black/African Americans: Implications for engagement and retention.

KK Rigg, R Weaver, E Kusiak - American Journal of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite its ability to lower the risk of opioid misuse, methadone is viewed by patients with a
certain degree of ambivalence. Research has documented a variety of patient attitudes …

Perspectives of people with opioid use disorder on improving addiction treatments and services

É Lachapelle, L Archambault, C Blouin… - … , Prevention and Policy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In North America, the recent increase in opioid-related deaths has highlighted a
need to consult people with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) on how to improve treatments …

Attitudes toward opioid use disorder pharmacotherapy among recovery community center attendees

LA Hoffman, CL Vilsaint, JF Kelly - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Despite their proven efficacy, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are
underutilized. Negative beliefs and attitudes toward MOUD are quite common, yet rapidly …