2022
Trends in Prescription Opioid Use in Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries in the United States: 2014–2018
Jin L, Vermund S, Zhang Y. Trends in Prescription Opioid Use in Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries in the United States: 2014–2018. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2022, 19: 14445. PMID: 36361324, PMCID: PMC9657604, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidents, TrafficAnalgesics, OpioidHumansMotor VehiclesOpioid-Related DisordersPrescriptionsUnited StatesConceptsMotor vehicle crashesPrescription opioidsMVC injuriesLog-binomial regression modelsPrescription opioid usageMotor vehicle crash injuriesPrescription opioid usePrescribing opioidsOpioid usageOpioid useCDC guidelinesChronic painEmergency departmentStudy populationOpioidsEnrollee characteristicsPrevalenceInjuryCrash injuriesDistrict of ColumbiaVehicle crashesDispensing rateEmployment statusRegression modelsTemporal trends
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 responseOpioidsPrescribingCountering the prevailing narrative about the causes of the US opioid crisis
Heimer R, Hawk K, Vermund SH. Countering the prevailing narrative about the causes of the US opioid crisis. The Lancet Psychiatry 2018, 5: 543. PMID: 29941135, PMCID: PMC7005919, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30167-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research