2022
Infectious Complications of Injection Drug Use
Marks LR, Nolan NS, Liang SY, Durkin MJ, Weimer MB. Infectious Complications of Injection Drug Use. Medical Clinics Of North America 2022, 106: 187-200. PMID: 34823730, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2021.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInjection drug useInjection drug use-related infective endocarditisHuman immunodeficiency virusHepatitis C virusInfectious complicationsDrug useCommon infectious complicationOpioid use disorderCommon risk factorsCause of deathOpioid overdose epidemicViral hepatitisInfective endocarditisImmunodeficiency virusClinical syndromeHIV outbreakInfectious disease epidemicsC virusRisk factorsIntravenous administrationOverdose epidemicUse disordersModel of treatmentMedical careInfectious diseases
2014
Research Gaps on Methadone Harms and Comparative Harms: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline
Weimer MB, Chou R. Research Gaps on Methadone Harms and Comparative Harms: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline. Journal Of Pain 2014, 15: 366-376. PMID: 24685460, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.496.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAmerican Pain SocietyClinical practice guidelinesMethadone safetyPain SocietyAdverse eventsPractice guidelinesInsufficient evidenceEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesSystematic reviewDependence Clinical Practice GuidelineMost guideline recommendationsTitration of therapyProlonged QTc intervalUrine drug testingLack of evidenceMethadone useGuideline recommendationsQTc intervalCochrane LibrarySafe prescribingRisk factorsUpdate searchOvid MEDLINEInclusion criteriaMethadone prescribing