Population Comprehensive evaluation of chronic pain in older adults is multifaceted.
Objective and Methods Research on chronic pain in older adults needs to be guided by …

Patients over the age 65 are a quickly expanding segment of the US population and
represent a large percentage of patients requiring inpatient care. Older adults are more …

purpose. Manufacturing. Distribution. Exportation and sale. The Controlled Substance Act
established five drug schedules and classified them to control their manufacture and …

Objectives: Review general guideleines for safe prescribing practices. Describe behaviors
that suggest drug diversion or drug-seeking and appropriate responses. Outline expected …

Opioid use and abuse for acute and chronic pain are a significant problem in the United
States and Tennesee.[1][2][3] The rate of overdose-related to the use of illicit opioids has …

Background: Buprenorphine is a key medication to treat opioid use disorder, but little is
known about how treatment quality varies across sociodemographic groups. Objective: We …

Introduction Opioid overdose deaths quintupled in Massachusetts between 2000 and 2016.
Potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing practices (PIP) are associated with increases in …

Background Older adults are at risk of potentially inappropriate medication use given
polypharmacy, multimorbidity, and age-related changes, which contribute to the growing …

Background Naloxone co-prescribing to individuals at increased opioid overdose risk is a
key component of opioid overdose prevention efforts. Objective Examine naloxone co …

Background The opioid epidemic has enabled rapid and unsurpassed use of big data on
people with opioid use disorder to design initiatives to battle the public health crisis …