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Journal: Establishing Standards for the Assessment and Decontamination Cleanup of Opioid-Contaminated Properties. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 A case is described where a property was used as a clandestine opioid (fentanyl and carfentanil) processing, handling, pill pressing, and packaging site...Regulatory hurdles and key lessons are presented so that others may consider development of similar public health policy. Involvement of public health departments in the assessment and cleanup of sites contaminated with opioids and other illicit drugs and the development of standards for cleanup and worker protection is an important and yet often overlooked public health measure.
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Journal: A Data-Driven Mathematical Model of the Heroin and Fentanyl Epidemic in Tennessee. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Model projections suggest that both addictions and overdoses related to heroin and fentanyl will continue to increase in the next few years (2020-2022), even as addiction to prescription drugs continues to fall. Finally, management strategy analysis suggests that in the changing face of the epidemic, the most successful approach will target availability of treatment with subsequent monitoring of stably recovered individuals to see that they do not relapse, coincident with direct efforts to decrease opioid overdose fatalities (e.g., further availability of Naloxone).
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Clinical, Journal: Occupational Safety and Health and Illicit Opioids: State of the Research on Protecting Against the Threat of Occupational Exposure. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 In addition, the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil increases the need to protect workers who may encounter unknown drug substances during job activities...Additional studies are needed to overcome gaps in technical knowledge about personal protective equipment, decontamination, and control methods, and gaps in understanding how these measures are utilized by workers. Increasing our knowledge of how to protect against exposure to illicit opioids has the potential to improve occupational health across communities.
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Preclinical, Journal: Sequestration of Midazolam, Fentanyl, and Morphine by an Ex Vivo Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Less midazolam was present after 180 minutes when given with morphine compared to midazolam given alone in the absence of an oxygenator (1264.9 +/- 425.6 vs. 2124 +/- 254 ng/ml, P = 0.037). We successfully characterized the adsorption of various combinations of midazolam, fentanyl, and morphine to our CPB circuit, showing that fentanyl and midazolam behave differently based on other medications present.
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Journal: Results from a mobile drug checking pilot program using three technologies in Chicago, IL, USA. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Our findings highlight high rates of ongoing fentanyl use despite the use of OAT and support the expansion of BUP/NX for the treatment of people who use fentanyl. This pilot program demonstrated the feasibility of using three technologies to assess for the presence of fentanyl in user-submitted samples, revealed discordant results from the technologies, and provided information on the local drug market.
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Journal: Literal text analysis of poly-class and polydrug overdose deaths in North Carolina, 2015-2019. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 There was no evidence that fentanyl use impacted partial/full agonist initiation and, once initiated, retention on any MOUD. Incorporation of literal text methodology into ongoing overdose surveillance can facilitate the identification of specific, emerging drugs and combinations and inform targeted overdose prevention approaches.
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PK/PD data, Preclinical, Journal: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cyclopropylfentanyl in male rats. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Our study shows that cyclopropylfentanyl produces typical opioid-like effects in male rats. Cyclopropylfentanyl displays much greater analgesic potency when compared to morphine, suggesting that cyclopropylfentanyl poses increased overdose risk for unsuspecting users.
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Preclinical, Journal: In Vitro and In Vivo Sequestration of Methamphetamine by a Sulfated Acyclic CB[n]-Type Receptor. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 TetM0 is the most potent receptor with K ≥10 M toward methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA and mephedrone. We report the synthesis of two new acyclic sulfated acyclic CB[n]-type receptors ( TriM0 and Me 4 TetM0 ) and investigations of their binding properties toward a panel of drugs of abuse ( 1 - 13 ) by a combination of 1 H NMR spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry. TetM0 is the most potent receptor with K a ≥ 10 6 M -1 toward methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA and mephedrone. TetM0 is not cytotoxic toward HepG2 and HEK 293 cells below 100 m M according to MTS metabolic and adenylate kinase release assays and is well tolerated in vivo when dosed at 46 mg kg -1 . TetM0 does not inhibit the hERG ion channel and is not mutagenic based on the Ames fluctuation test. Finally, in vivo efficacy studies show that the hyperlocomotion of mice treated with methamphetamine can be greatly reduced by treatment with TetM0 up to 5 minutes later. TetM0 has potential as a broad spectrum in vivo sequestrant for drugs of abuse.
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Retrospective data, Review, Journal: Opioids for the Prevention of Post-dural Puncture Headache in Obstetrics: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Efficacy and Safety. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Fifty µg of fentanyl as an adjuvant to intraarticular bupivacaine produces effective and safe analgesia after knee arthroscopy as 100 µg of dexmedetomidine and has a longer analgesia duration in the first postoperative 24 hours. Exposure to opioids for any reason after the diagnosis of unintentional dural puncture is not associated with a reduced risk of PDPH and does not decrease the need for therapeutic EBP.
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Clinical, Review, Journal: Perioperative systemic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in women undergoing breast surgery. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 However, there was very little evidence to indicate whether NSAIDs affect the rate of breast hematoma or bleeding from any location within 90 days of breast surgery, the need for blood transfusion and incidence of other side effects compared to placebo or other analgesics. High-quality large-scale RCTs are required before definitive conclusions can be made.
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Clinical Trial,Phase II, Journal: Belzutifan for Renal Cell Carcinoma in von Hippel-Lindau Disease. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 P2 Belzutifan was associated with predominantly grade 1 and 2 adverse events and showed activity in patients with renal cell carcinomas and non-renal cell carcinoma neoplasms associated with VHL disease. (Funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme and others; MK-6482-004 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03401788.).
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Clinical, Review, Journal: Current Best Practices for Acute and Chronic Management of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 (Funded by Merck Sharp and Dohme and others; MK-6482-004 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03401788.). This comprehensive review on opioids summarizes the scope of the current opioid epidemic, the diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorder, and the medical and psychiatric complications of opioid use.
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Review, Journal: Understanding Stimulant Use and Use Disorders in a New Era. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 16, 2021 Extending from the triple wave epidemic of opioid-related overdose deaths, a fourth wave of high mortality involving methamphetamine and cocaine use has been gathering force. This article provides a review of the published literature on stimulants including epidemiology, pharmacology, neurobiology, medical and psychiatric consequences, withdrawal management, and medical and behavioral treatments.
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Clinical, Review, Journal: The effectiveness and safety of paediatric prehospital pain management: a systematic review. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 14, 2021 Intranasal fentanyl and inhalational methoxyflurane seem to be the preferred drugs for children in pre-hospital settings due to their ease of administration, similar effect and safety profile when compared to other analgesic drugs. However, the level of evidence (LOE) in the included studies was only three or four, and further studies are therefore necessary.
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Refractory Epilepsy and Pregnancy in Sturge-Weber Syndrome () - Dec 12, 2021 - Abstract #AES2021AES_1283; The case highlights the importance of getting prepartum neuroimaging with MRI brain with known SWS, as this will help to risk stratify and prevent complications during gestation and delivery. A more controlled method such as cesarean section may be selected for a patient with large angiomas or a history of intracranial hemorrhage.
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1000693 - What a Pain: Pain Control in the Opioid Crisis ([VIRTUAL]) - Dec 10, 2021 - Abstract #SCCM2022SCCM_764; Most mechanically ventilated patients receive a continuous IV opioid infusion, with fentanyl the preferred agent...Also, the focus on multimodal pain control has brought to light nonopioid pain control medications. This session will cover the opioid epidemic, data regarding analgosedation and opioid effects after patients leave the ICU, and options for nonopioid pain control.
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Clinical, Journal: Gabapentin prevalence: clinical and forensic experience in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 7, 2021 Nearly all gabapentin positive postmortem cases were also positive for an opioid, the most significant being fentanyl, suggesting that gabapentin misuse may be due to its potentiating effect of opioid drug action. This study also highlights the limited utility of immunoassay-based urine drug screens.
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