Prescription Opioid Drugs: Treatment Need vs. Diversion Risk

National Institute on Drug Abuse

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-National Institute on Drug Abuse. (June 2020). Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report. National Institute on Drug Abuse, p. 6-10.

Update
Leveraging Accelerometry
as a Prognostic Indicator for Increase
in Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

- Lambert, T. P., Gazi, A. H., Harrison, A. B., Gharehbaghi, S., Chan, M., Obideen, M., Alavi, P., Murrah, N., Shallenberger, L., Driggers, E. G., Alvarado Ortega, R., Washington, B., Walton, K. M., Tang, Y. L., Gupta, R., Nye, J. A., Welsh, J. W., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A. J., Bremner, J. D., … Inan, O. T. (2022). Leveraging Accelerometry as a Prognostic Indicator for Increase in Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms. Biosensors, 12(11), 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12110924

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
De Nadai, A. S., Little, T. B., McCabe, S. E., & Schepis, T. S. (2019). Diverse diagnostic profiles associated with prescription opioid use disorder in a nationwide sample: One crisis, multiple needs. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(10), 849–858. 

Garland, E. L., Manusov, E. G., Froeliger, B., Kelly, A., Williams, J. M., & Howard, M. O. (2014). Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement for chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse: Results from an early-stage randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(3), 448–459.

Messina, B. G., & Worley, M. J. (2019). Effects of craving on opioid use are attenuated after pain coping counseling in adults with chronic pain and prescription opioid addiction. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(10), 918–926.

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