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Why Harm Reduction and Equity Are Ethical Imperatives in Opioid Use Disorder Care.
Weleff J. Why Harm Reduction and Equity Are Ethical Imperatives in Opioid Use Disorder Care. The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2024, 26: e509-511. PMID: 38958418, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnalgesics, OpioidHarm ReductionHealth EquityHumansOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersUnited States
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Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.
Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson N, Barnett B. Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 37707315, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnalgesics, OpioidCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesHumansOpioid-Related DisordersPrimary Health CareRetrospective StudiesConceptsZ-drug prescribingDiagnosis of opioid use disorderZ-drug prescriptionsOpioid use disorderZ-drugsHealth care systemPrimary care clinicsWhite raceUse disorderCare systemAssociated with increasing ageCare clinicsOlder ageStudy periodDiagnosis of bipolar disorderCross-sectional studyPrimary care patientsLarger health care systemAdult patientsPatient populationOpioidGeneralized anxiety disorderPatientsBipolar disorderPost-lockdown