2024
Alcohol-Related Care Among Veterans With Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The Role of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Receipt
Joudrey P, Wang M, DeRycke E, Williams E, Edelman E. Alcohol-Related Care Among Veterans With Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The Role of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Receipt. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2024, 18: 293-299. PMID: 38533996, PMCID: PMC11150097, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnhealthy alcohol useAlcohol-related careLong-term opioid therapyBrief interventionOpioid receiptAlcohol useReceipt of alcohol-related careReceipt of brief interventionVeterans Health Administration careRates of brief interventionDocumented brief interventionNational cohort of veteransWomen Veterans Cohort StudyCohort of veteransPositive alcohol screensAlcohol screeningIntervention receiptAdministration carePositive screenConsumption questionnaireOpioid prescribingNational cohortTherapy receiptCohort studyCare
2019
Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Changes in Opioid Prescriptions or Pain Severity Among People Living With HIV and Chronic Pain.
Merlin JS, Long D, Becker WC, Cachay ER, Christopolous KA, Claborn KR, Crane HM, Edelman E, Lovejoy TI, Mathews WC, Morasco BJ, Napravnik S, OʼCleirigh C, Saag MS, Starrels JL, Gross R, Liebschutz JM. Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Changes in Opioid Prescriptions or Pain Severity Among People Living With HIV and Chronic Pain. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 81: 231-237. PMID: 30865181, PMCID: PMC6522289, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidChronic PainFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHIV InfectionsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMarijuana SmokingMarijuana UseMedical MarijuanaMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOpioid-Related DisordersPrescription DrugsProspective StudiesSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic painPain severityIndex visitOpioid useMultivariable binary logistic regression modelMarijuana useDiscontinuation of opioidsImproved pain outcomesMedian pain severityAIDS Research NetworkPrescription opioid usePrescribed opioid useIntegrated Clinical SystemsLogistic regression modelsBinary logistic regression modelOpioid discontinuationOpioid initiationOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsPain outcomesClinical systemsHigher oddsLower oddsPainPLWH
2016
Potential benefits and harms of prescription opioids in HIV
Becker W, Edelman E. Potential benefits and harms of prescription opioids in HIV. 2016, 113-122. DOI: 10.1002/9781118777374.ch11.ChaptersAntiretroviral therapyPrescription opioidsPrescription drug monitoring programsTrials of opioidsUrine toxicology testingDrug monitoring programsPeripheral nervous systemSubstance use disordersNonpharmacologic modalitiesOpioid prescribingPharmacologic treatmentOpioid analgesicsPain managementPain treatmentMedication adherenceAdequate dosesAntiretroviral adherenceTreatment agreementsSafe prescribingUse disordersNervous systemOpioidsHIVPatientsSubstance use