2018
Prevalent Misconceptions About Opioid Use Disorders in the United States Produce Failed Policy and Public Health Responses
Heimer R, Hawk K, Vermund SH. Prevalent Misconceptions About Opioid Use Disorders in the United States Produce Failed Policy and Public Health Responses. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018, 69: 546-551. PMID: 30452633, PMCID: PMC6637277, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionChronic pain medicationsNonopioid pain managementImmunodeficiency virus infectionPrescribing of opioidsOpioid use disorderCurrent opioid crisisEvidence-based therapiesOpioid overdose mortalityPublic health responseOpioid prescribingPain medicationHepatitis BPain managementC virusVirus infectionOpioid addictionOverdose mortalityUse disordersOral consumptionHealth professionalsOpioid crisisHealth responseOpioidsPrescribing
2014
Current drug use and lack of HIV virologic suppression: point-of-care urine drug screen versus self-report
Qian HZ, Mitchell VJ, Bebawy S, Cassell H, Perez G, McGowan CC, Sterling TR, Vermund SH, D’Aquila R, Hulgan T. Current drug use and lack of HIV virologic suppression: point-of-care urine drug screen versus self-report. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14: 508. PMID: 25234368, PMCID: PMC4175271, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrine drug screensCurrent drug usePositive urine drug screenComputer Assisted Self-InterviewVirologic suppressionDrug useAntiretroviral therapyDrug screensNegative urine drug screensHigher CD4 countsHIV disease progressionRoutine clinic visitsHIV virologic suppressionCross-sectional studyLower self-reported ratesSelf-reported ratesCD4 countClinic visitsPrognostic informationDisease progressionCaucasian raceART usersLower likelihoodResultsAbout halfSelf interview