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  1. Bergman AA, Oberman RS, Taylor SL, Kranke B, Chang ET. Prescribing and Acceptance of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in VA Primary Care: Veteran and Provider Perspectives. Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Apr 8.
  2. Takada S, Seamans MJ, Javanbakht M, Bone C, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Shoptaw S, Gelberg L. Nativity and the risk of opioid use disorder among Hispanic/Latinx women in primary care in Los Angeles, CA. Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. 2024 Feb 7; 1-15.
  3. Acharya M, Hayes CJ, Li C, Painter JT, Dayer L, Martin BC. Opioid therapy trajectories of patients with chronic non-cancer pain over one year of follow-up after initiating short-acting opioid formulations. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2024 Jan 18; doi:10.1093/pm/pnad169.
  4. Dember LM, Hsu JY, Bernardo L, Cavanaugh KL, Charytan DM, Crowley ST, Cukor D, Doorenbos AZ, Edwards DA, Esserman D, Fischer MJ, Jhamb M, Joffe S, Johansen KL, Kalim S, Keefe FJ, Kimmel PL, Krebs EE, Kuzla N, Mehrotra R, Mishra P, Pellegrino B, Steel JL, Unruh ML, White DM, Yabes JG, Becker WC, HOPE Consortium. The design and baseline characteristics for the HOPE Consortium Trial to reduce pain and opioid use in hemodialysis. Contemporary clinical trials. 2023 Dec 10; 136:107409.
  5. Matthias MS, Myers LJ, Coffing JM, Carter JL, Daggy JK, Slaven JE, Bair MJ, Bravata DM, McGuire AB. Patterns of Opioid Prescriptions in the Veterans Health Administration for Patients With Chronic Low-Back Pain After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. The journal of pain. 2023 Dec 9.
  6. Khouja T, Shah NH, Suda KJ, Polk DE. Trajectories of opioid prescribing by general dentists, specialists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States, 2015-2019. Journal of the American Dental Association (1939). 2024 Jan 1; 155(1):7-16.e7.
  7. Wang L, Hong PJ, Jiang W, Rehman Y, Hong BY, Couban RJ, Wang C, Hayes CJ, Juurlink DN, Busse JW. Predictors of fatal and nonfatal overdose after prescription of opioids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 2023 Oct 23; 195(41):E1399-E1411.
  8. Carr MM, Wolkowicz NR, Cave S, Martino S, Masheb R, Midboe AM. Weight change in a national cohort of U.S. Military Veterans engaged in medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Journal of psychiatric research. 2023 Dec 1; 168:204-212.
  9. Fortney JC, Ratzliff AD, Blanchard BE, Johnson M, Ferro L, Austin EJ, Williams EC, Duncan MH, Merrill JO, Thomas J, Kitay B, Schoenbaum M, Heagerty PJ, Saxon AJ. Does Screening for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Increase the Percentage of Patients With a New Diagnosis? Annals of internal medicine. 2023 Oct 1; 176(10):1431-1433.
  10. Griffin AC, Perez T, Avoundjian T, Becker W, Midboe AM. A Tool to Identify and Engage Patients on Risky Opioid Regimens. Applied clinical informatics. 2023 Oct 1; 14(5):1018-1026.
  11. Li Y, Barr KD, Trafton JA, Oliva EM, Garrido MM, Frakt AB, Strombotne KL. Impact of Mandated Case Review Policy on Opioid Discontinuation and Mortality Among High-Risk Long-Term Opioid Therapy Patients: The STORM Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Substance Abuse. 2023 Oct 1; 44(4):292-300.
  12. Drexler K, Edens EL, Trafton JA, Compton WM. In the balance: No new diagnosis needed in addition to opioid use disorder to study harms associated with long-term opioid therapy. [Editorial]. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2024 Jan 1; 119(1):6-8.
  13. McElfresh DC, Chen L, Oliva E, Joyce V, Rose S, Tamang S. A call for better validation of opioid overdose risk algorithms. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 2023 Sep 25; 30(10):1741-1746.
  14. Frost MC, Malte CA, Hawkins EJ, Glass JE, Hallgren KA, Williams EC. Impact of an intervention to implement provision of opioid use disorder medication among patients with and without co-occurring substance use disorders. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2023 Sep 24; 209175.
  15. Miller WA, Gordon AJ, Clothier BA, Ackland PE, Bounthavong M, Garcia C, Kenny ME, Noorbaloochi S, Hagedorn HJ. Co-occurring implementation strategies: The effects of academic detailing for opioid use disorder campaign on the advancing pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (ADaPT-OUD) study. Implementation research and practice. 2023 Sep 14; 4:26334895231199463.
  16. Huang LC, Bleicher J, Torre M, Johnson JE, Presson A, Millar MM, Gordon AJ, Brooke BS, Kaphingst KA, Harris AHS. Evaluating a health system-wide opioid disposal intervention distributing home-disposal bags. Health services research. 2023 Dec 1; 58(6):1256-1265.
  17. Austin EJ, O'Brien QE, Ruiz MS, Ratzliff AD, Williams EC, Koch U. Patient and Provider Perspectives on Processes of Engagement in Outpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Scoping Review. Community mental health journal. 2023 Sep 5.
  18. Zammit A, Coquet J, Hah J, El Hajouji O, Asch SM, Carroll I, Curtin CM, Hernandez-Boussard T. Postoperative opioid prescribing patients with diabetes: Opportunities for personalized pain management. PLoS ONE. 2023 Aug 24; 18(8):e0287697.
  19. Shabet CL, Bicket MC, Blair E, Hu HM, Langa KM, Kabeto MU, Levine DA, Waljee J. The Association of Cognitive Status and Post-Operative Opioid Prescribing in Older Adults. Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches. 2023 Sep 1; 4(3):e320.
  20. Wang K, Fenton BT, Skanderson M, Black AC, Becker WC, Seng EK, Anthony SE, Guirguis AB, Altalib HH, Kimber A, Lorenze N, Scholten JD, Graham GD, Sandbrink F, Sico JJ. Changes in opioid prescribing in veterans with headache during the COVID-19 pandemic: A regression discontinuity in time analysis. Headache. 2023 Oct 1; 63(9):1295-1303.
  21. Garcia CC, Bounthavong M, Gordon AJ, Gustavson AM, Kenny ME, Miller W, Esmaeili A, Ackland PE, Clothier BA, Bangerter A, Noorbaloochi S, Harris AHS, Hagedorn HJ. Costs of implementing a multi-site facilitation intervention to increase access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Implementation science communications. 2023 Aug 10; 4(1):91.
  22. Edmond SN, Wesolowicz DM, Snow JL, Currie S, Jankelovits A, Chhabra MS, Becker WC. Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives of Buprenorphine After Transitioning From Long-Term, Full-Agonist Opioid Therapy Among Veterans With Chronic Pain. The journal of pain. 2024 Jan 1; 25(1):132-141.
  23. Bridges NC, Taber R, Foulds AL, Bear TM, Cloutier RM, McDonough BL, Gordon AJ, Cochran GT, Donohue JM, Adair D, DiDomenico E, Pringle JL, Gellad WF, Kelley D, Cole ES, Cole ES. Medications for opioid use disorder in rural primary care practices: Patient and provider experiences. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2023 Nov 1; 154:209133.
  24. Austin EJ, Chen J, Briggs ES, Ferro L, Barry P, Heald A, Merrill JO, Curran GM, Saxon AJ, Fortney JC, Ratzliff AD, Williams EC. Integrating Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Into Primary Care Settings. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Aug 1; 6(8):e2328627.
  25. El Hajouji O, Sun RS, Zammit A, Humphreys K, Asch SM, Carroll I, Curtin CM, Hernandez-Boussard T. Prediction of opioid-related outcomes in a medicaid surgical population: Evidence to guide postoperative opiate therapy and monitoring. PLoS computational biology. 2023 Aug 1; 19(8):e1011376.
  26. Roberts E, Humphreys K. Does the advent of depot therapy represent a step change in our understanding of opioid use disorder and its treatment? Drug and Alcohol Review. 2023 Jul 31.
  27. Joyce VR, Oliva EM, Garcia CC, Trafton J, Asch SM, Wagner TH, Humphreys K, Owens DK, Bounthavong M. Healthcare costs and use before and after opioid overdose in Veterans Health Administration patients with opioid use disorder. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2023 Nov 1; 118(11):2203-2214.
  28. Piette JD, Thomas L, Newman S, Marinec N, Krauss J, Chen J, Wu Z, Bohnert ASB. An Automatically Adaptive Digital Health Intervention to Decrease Opioid-Related Risk While Conserving Counselor Time: Quantitative Analysis of Treatment Decisions Based on Artificial Intelligence and Patient-Reported Risk Measures. Journal of medical Internet research. 2023 Jul 11; 25:e44165.
  29. Kehne A, Bernstein SJ, Thomas J, Bicket MC, Bohnert ASB, Madden EF, Powell VD, Lagisetty P. Improving Access to Care for Patients Taking Opioids for Chronic Pain: Recommendations from a Modified Delphi Panel in Michigan. Journal of pain research. 2023 Jul 10; 16(1):2321-2330.
  30. Lagisetty P, Kertesz S. Harms Versus Harms: Rethinking Treatment for Patients on Long-Term Opioids. Substance Abuse. 2023 Jul 1; 44(3):112-114.
  31. Merlin J, Black AC, Midboe AM, Troszak L, Asch S, Bohnert A, Fenton B, Giannitrapani K, Glassman P, Kerns RD, Silveira M. Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose in patients with and without cancer. BMJ Oncology. 2023 Jul 1; 2(e000023):doi: 10.1136/bmjonc-2022-000023.
  32. Billig JI, Bicket MC, Yazdanfar M, Gunaseelan V, Sears ED, Brummett CM, Waljee JF. Cohort study of new off-label gabapentin prescribing in chronic opioid users. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2023 Jun 27.
  33. Nugent SM, Slatore CG, Winchell K, Handley R, Clayburgh D, Chandra R, Hooker ER, Knight SJ, Morasco BJ. Prevalence and correlates of high-dose opioid use among survivors of head and neck cancer. Head & neck. 2023 Aug 1; 45(8):2058-2067.
  34. Sharif L, Gunaseelan V, Lagisetty P, Bicket M, Waljee J, Englesbe M, Brummett CM. High-risk Prescribing Following Surgery Among Payer Types for Patients on Chronic Opioids. Annals of surgery. 2023 Dec 1; 278(6):1060-1067.
  35. Suda KJ, Boyer TL, Blosnich JR, Cashy JP, Hubbard CC, Sharp LK. Opioid and High-Risk Prescribing Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Veterans. American journal of preventive medicine. 2023 Nov 1; 65(5):863-875.
  36. Austin AE, Tang L, Kim JY, Allen L, Barnes AJ, Chang CH, Clark S, Cole ES, Durrance CP, Donohue JM, Gordon AJ, Huskamp HA, McDuffie MJ, Mehrotra A, Mohamoud S, Talbert J, Ahrens KA, Applegate M, Hammerslag LR, Lanier P, Tossone K, Zivin K, Burns ME. Trends in Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 10 State Medicaid Programs. JAMA health forum. 2023 Jun 2; 4(6):e231422.
  37. Peng C, Dayer L, Williams A, Luciana L, Lowery J, Butterfield B, Painter JT. CO90 Correlation Between Length of Surgery and Opioid Overprescribing at Hospital Discharge. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2023 Jun 1; 26(6):Supplement, S31,doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.164.
  38. French R, Worley J, Lowenstein M, Bogner HR, Calderbank T, DePhilippis D, Forrest A, Connolly Gibbons MB, Harris RA, Heywood S, Kampman K, Mandell DS, McKay JR, Newman ST, Oslin DW, Wadden S, Wolk CB. Adapting psychotherapy in collaborative care for treating opioid use disorder and co-occurring psychiatric conditions in primary care. Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare. 2023 Sep 1; 41(3):377-388.
  39. Ahrens K, Sharbaugh M, Jarlenski MP, Tang L, Allen L, Austin AE, Barnes AJ, Burns ME, Clark S, Zivin K, Mack A, Liu G, Mohamoud S, McDuffie MJ, Hammerslag L, Gordon AJ, Donohue JM, Writing Committee for Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network. Prevalence of Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus Among Medicaid Enrollees Treated With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in 11 States, 2016-2019. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2023 May 24; 76(10):1793-1801.
  40. Carr MM, Lou R, Macdonald-Gagnon G, Peltier MR, Funaro MC, Martino S, Masheb RM. Weight change among patients engaged in medication treatment for opioid use disorder: a scoping review. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse. 2023 May 18; 1-15.
  41. Claypool AL, DiGennaro C, Russell WA, Yildirim MF, Zhang AF, Reid Z, Stringfellow EJ, Bearnot B, Schackman BR, Humphreys K, Jalali MS. Cost-effectiveness of Increasing Buprenorphine Treatment Initiation, Duration, and Capacity Among Individuals Who Use Opioids. JAMA health forum. 2023 May 5; 4(5):e231080.
  42. Frost MC, Soyer EM, Achtmeyer CE, Hawkins EJ, Glass JE, Hallgren KA, Williams EC. Treating opioid use disorder in veterans with co-occurring substance use: a qualitative study with buprenorphine providers in primary care, mental health, and pain settings. Addiction science & clinical practice. 2023 May 4; 18(1):26.
  43. Gordon AJ, Saxon AJ, Kertesz S, Wyse JJ, Manhapra A, Lin LA, Chen W, Hansen J, Pinnell D, Huynh T, Baylis JD, Cunningham FE, Ghitza UE, Bart G, Yu H, Sauer BC. Buprenorphine use and courses of care for opioid use disorder treatment within the Veterans Health Administration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023 Jul 1; 248:109902.
  44. Frost MC, Hawkins EJ, Glass JE, Hallgren KA, Williams EC. Associations Between Distinct Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders and Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of addiction medicine. 2023 May 1; 17(3):278-285.
  45. Turner AP, Arewasikporn A, Hawkins EJ, Suri P, Burns SP, Leipertz SL, Haselkorn JK. Risk Factors for Chronic Prescription Opioid Use in Multiple Sclerosis. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2023 May 1.
  46. Somohano VC, Smith CL, Saha S, McPherson S, Morasco BJ, Ono SS, Zaccari B, Lovejoy J, Lovejoy T. Patient-Provider Shared Decision-Making, Trust, and Opioid Misuse Among US Veterans Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Sep 1; 38(12):2755-2760.
  47. Thakrar AP, Pytell JD, Stoller KB, Walters V, Weiss RD, Chander G. Transitioning off methadone: A qualitative study exploring why patients discontinue methadone treatment for opioid use disorder. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2023 Jul 1; 150:209055.
  48. Ackland PE, Kenny ME, Clothier BA, Salameh HA, Boening N, Gordon AJ, Noorbaloochi S, Gustavson AM, Miller W, Hagedorn HJ. What Contributes to Sustainability? Examining Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Low-Adopting VHA Facilities. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Sep 1; 38(12):2647-2654.
  49. Liao JM, Sun C, Yan XS, Patel MS, Small DS, Isenberg WM, Landa HM, Bond BL, Rareshide CAL, Volpp KG, Delgado MK, Lei VJ, Shen Z, Navathe AS. How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 2023 May 1; 38(3):129-136.
  50. Goulet J, Cheng Y, Becker W, Brandt C, Sandbrink F, Workman TE, Ma P, Libin A, Shara N, Spevak C, Kupersmith J, Zeng-Treitler Q. Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers. Frontiers in public health. 2023 Apr 4; 11:1148189.
  51. Thompson RG, Bollinger M, Mancino MJ, Hasin D, Han X, Bush KA, Kilts CD, James GA. Smartphone intervention to optimize medication-assisted treatment outcomes for opioid use disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2023 Apr 4; 24(1):255.
  52. Bounthavong M. Is Providing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder to Incarcerated Individuals a Cost-effective Strategy? JAMA Network Open. 2023 Apr 3; 6(4):e237001.
  53. Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Shofer F, Dolan A, Goldberg EB, Rhodes KV, Hess EP, Bellamkonda VR, Perrone J, Cannuscio CC, Becker L, Rodgers MA, Zyla MM, Bell JJ, McCollum S, Engel-Rebitzer E, Schapira MM, Meisel ZF. Personalized risk communication and opioid prescribing in association with nonprescribed opioid use: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Aug 1; 30(8):851-858.
  54. Jones KF, Malinowski J, Paice J, Childers J, Bulls HW, Morrison J, Ho JJ, Alsbrook K, Nugent S, Broglio K, Nickels K, Holbein M, Parajuli J, Merlin JS. Opioid-prescribing considerations in patients with cancer and substance misuse or substance use disorder: a scoping review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis. 2023 Apr 1; 21(4):812-825.
  55. MacLean RR, Heapy AA, Waters AJ, Wolkowicz N, Szollosy SK, Meyerovich J, Sofuoglu M. Integrating cognitive bias modification for pain and opioid cues into medication for opioid use disorder clinical care: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary results. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023 May 1; 246:109857.
  56. Zaman T, Bravata DM, Byers AL, Krebs EE, Leonard SJ, Sandbrink F, Barker W, Keyhani S. A national population-based study of cannabis use and correlates among U.S. veterans prescribed opioids in primary care. BMC psychiatry. 2023 Mar 17; 23(1):177.
  57. Nichols MA, Riley EG, Chao AS, Sales CG, Miller ML, Curran GM, Ott CA, Snyder ME, Hudmon KS. Opioid Use Disorder Curricular Content in US-Based Doctor of Pharmacy Programs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2023 Jun 1; 87(6):100061.
  58. Sasson C, Dieujuste N, Klocko R, Basrai Z, Celedon M, Hsiao J, Himstreet J, Hoffman J, Pfaff C, Malmstrom R, Smith J, Holstein A, Johnson-Koenke R. Barriers and facilitators to implementing medications for opioid use disorder and naloxone distribution in Veterans Affairs emergency departments. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1; 30(4):289-298.
  59. Lott AM, Danner AN, Malte CA, Williams EC, Gordon AJ, Halvorson MA, Saxon AJ, Hagedorn HJ, Sayre GG, Hawkins EJ. Clinician Perspectives on Delivering Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Evaluation. Journal of addiction medicine. 2023 Jul 1; 17(4):e262-e268.
  60. Acharya M, Hayes CJ, Li C, Painter JT, Dayer L, Martin BC. Comparative Study of Opioid Initiation With Tramadol, Short-acting Hydrocodone, or Short-acting Oxycodone on Opioid-related Adverse Outcomes Among Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2023 Mar 1; 39(3):107-118.
  61. Riggs KR, Cherrington AL, Kertesz SG, Richman JS, DeRussy AJ, Varley AL, Becker WC, Morris MS, Singh JA, Markland AD, Goodin BR. Higher Pain Catastrophizing and Preoperative Pain is Associated with Increased Risk for Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use. Pain physician. 2023 Mar 1; 26(2):E73-E82.
  62. Stringfellow EJ, Lim TY, DiGennaro C, Zhang Z, Paramasivam P, Bearnot B, Humphreys K, Jalali MS. Long-Term Effects of Increasing Buprenorphine Treatment Seeking, Duration, and Capacity on Opioid Overdose Fatalities: A Model-based Analysis. Journal of addiction medicine. 2023 Jul 1; 17(4):439-446.
  63. DeBar LL, Bushey MA, Kroenke K, Bobb JF, Schoenbaum M, Thompson EE, Justice M, Zatzick D, Hamilton LK, McMullen CK, Hallgren KA, Benes LL, Forman DP, Caldeiro RM, Brown RP, Campbell NL, Anderson ML, Son S, Haggstrom DA, Whiteside L, Schleyer TKL, Bradley KA. A patient-centered nurse-supported primary care-based collaborative care program to treat opioid use disorder and depression: Design and protocol for the MI-CARE randomized controlled trial. Contemporary clinical trials. 2023 Apr 1; 127:107124.
  64. Solanki PA, Hubbard CC, Poggensee L, Evans CT, Suda KJ. Adverse outcomes associated with opioid prescription by dentists in the Veterans Health Administration: A national cross-sectional study from 2015 to 2018. Journal of public health dentistry. 2023 Jun 1; 83(2):136-146.
  65. Watson DP, Phalen P, Medcalf S, Messmer S, McGuire A. Evaluation of post-discharge engagement for emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy. 2023 Feb 11; 18(1):9.
  66. Bray BC, Watson DP, Salisbury-Afshar E, Taylor L, McGuire A. Patterns of opioid use behaviors among patients seen in the emergency department: Latent class analysis of baseline data from the POINT pragmatic trial. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2023 Mar 1; 146:208979.
  67. Lakkad M, Martin B, Li C, Harrington S, Dayer L, Painter JT. The use of gabapentinoids and opioids and risk of developing opioid-induced respiratory depression among older breast cancer survivors with neuropathic pain. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 2023 Feb 8; doi.org.10.1007/s11764-023-01338-9.
  68. Goldsmith ES, Krebs EE, Ramirez MR, MacLehose RF. Opioid-related Mortality in United States Death Certificate Data: A Quantitative Bias Analysis With Expert Elicitation of Bias Parameters. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 2023 May 1; 34(3):421-429.
  69. Howell BA, Black AC, Grau LE, Lin HJ, Greene C, Lee H, Heimer R, Hawk KE, D'Onofrio G, Fiellin DA, Becker WC. Concordance between controlled substance receipt and post-mortem toxicology in opioid-detected overdose deaths: A statewide analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023 Mar 1; 244:109788.
  70. Wyse JJ, Shull S, Lindner S, Morasco BJ, Gordon AJ, Carlson KF, Korthuis PT, Ono SS, Liberto JG, Lovejoy TI. Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Versus Urban Veterans Health Administration Facilities. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Jun 1; 38(8):1871-1876.
  71. Kim KC, Khouja T, Burgette JM, Evans CT, Calip GS, Gellad WF, Suda KJ. Trends in dispensed prescriptions for opioids, sedatives, benzodiazepines, gabapentin, and stimulants to children by general dentists, 2012-2019. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 2023 Jun 1; 32(6):625-634.
  72. Auty SG, Barr KD, Frakt AB, Garrido MM, Strombotne KL. Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions on mortality among patients with opioid use disorder: a secondary analysis of the STORM randomized control trial. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2023 May 1; 118(5):870-879.
  73. Conrad M, Steffensmeier KS, Van Tiem J, Obrecht A, Mares J, Mosher HJ, Weg MWV, Sibenaller Z, Stout L, Patel P, Hadlandsmyth K. Military Veterans' Perspectives on Postoperative Opioid Use: A Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data. Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. 2023 Jun 1; 38(3):483-487.
  74. Margraf AM, Davoodi NM, Chen K, Shield RR, McAuliffe LM, Collins CM, Zullo AR. Provider beliefs about the ideal design of an opioid deprescribing and substitution intervention for older adults. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2023 Jan 5; 80(2):53-60.
  75. Qian G, Rao I, Humphreys K, Owens DK, Brandeau ML. Cost-effectiveness of office-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023 Feb 1; 243:109762.
  76. Klaiman T, Nelson MN, Yan XS, Navathe AS, Patel MS, Refai F, Delgado MK, Pagnotti DR, Liao JM. Clinician Perceptions of Receiving Different Forms of Feedback on their Opioid Prescribing. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 2023 Jan 1; 38(1):1-8.
  77. Mahashabde RV, Shrikhande MA, Han X, Martin BC, ElHassan NO, Hayes CJ. Concordance of opioid exposure in all-payer claims databases with prescription drug monitoring program database using Arkansas as a case example. Health services research. 2023 Aug 1; 58(4):938-947.
  78. Smith AM, Acharya M, Hudson T, Hayes C, Porter A, Turpin J, Bona J, Utecht J, Martin BC. Evaluating the temporal association between the recency of prescribed controlled substance acquisition and fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. 2022 Dec 23; 63(2):648-654.e3.
  79. Baxley C, Borsari B, Reavis JV, Manuel JK, Herbst E, Becker W, Pennington D, Batki SL, Seal K. Effects of buprenorphine on opioid craving in comparison to other medications for opioid use disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Addictive Behaviors. 2023 Apr 1; 139:107589.
  80. Lee AH, LeBrett WG, Benhammou J, Prause N, Chang L, Patel AA. Opioid Prescription Patterns and Disparities during Ambulatory Encounters in Patients with Cirrhosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2022 Dec 9.
  81. Coquet J, Zammit A, Hajouji OE, Humphreys K, Asch SM, Osborne TF, Curtin CM, Hernandez-Boussard T. Changes in postoperative opioid prescribing across three diverse healthcare systems, 2010-2020. Frontiers in digital health. 2022 Dec 6; 4:995497.
  82. Kelley AT, Wilcox J, Baylis JD, Crossnohere NL, Magel J, Jones AL, Gordon AJ, Bridges JFP. Increasing Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: an Assessment of Provider Incentives. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Jul 1; 38(9):2147-2155.
  83. Draper P, Bleicher J, Kobayashi JK, Stauder EL, Stoddard GJ, Johnson JE, Cohan JN, Kaphingst KA, Harris AHS, Huang LC. Patient Willingness to Dispose of Leftover Opioids After Surgery: A Mixed Methods Study. Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches. 2022 Dec 1; 3(4):e223.
  84. Gibbons JB, McCullough JS, Zivin K, Brown ZY, Norton EC. Association Between Buprenorphine Treatment Gaps, Opioid Overdose, and Health Care Spending in US Medicare Beneficiaries With Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA psychiatry. 2022 Dec 1; 79(12):1173-1179.
  85. Kelley AT, Incze MA, Baylis JD, Calder SG, Weiner SJ, Zickmund SL, Jones AL, Vanneman ME, Conroy MB, Gordon AJ, Bridges JFP. Patient-centered quality measurement for opioid use disorder: Development of a taxonomy to address gaps in research and practice. Substance Abuse. 2022 Dec 1; 43(1):1286-1299.
  86. Keyhani S, Leonard S, Byers AL, Zaman T, Krebs E, Austin PC, Moss-Vazquez T, Austin C, Sandbrink F, Bravata DM. Association of a Positive Drug Screening for Cannabis With Mortality and Hospital Visits Among Veterans Affairs Enrollees Prescribed Opioids. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Dec 1; 5(12):e2247201.
  87. Sheehan JL, Jacob J, Berinstein EM, Greene-Higgs L, Steiner CA, Berry SK, Shannon C, Cohen-Mekelburg SA, Higgins PDR, Berinstein JA. The Relationship Between Opioid Use and Healthcare Utilization in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2022 Dec 1; 28(12):1904-1914.
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  797. Fudalej S, Jakubczyk A, Kopera M, Piwonski J, Bielecki W, Drygas W, Wasilewska K, Ilgen M, Bohnert A, Barry K, Ploski R, Blow FC, Wojnar M. DISC1 as a Possible Genetic Contribution to Opioid Dependence in a Polish Sample. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2016 Mar 1; 77(2):220-6.
  798. Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Skanderson M, Bastian LA, Brandt CA, Haskell S, Kerns RD, Mattocks KM. Receipt of Prescription Opioids in a National Sample of Pregnant Veterans Receiving Veterans Health Administration Care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Mar 1; 26(2):240-6.
  799. Tobin DG, Andrews R, Becker WC. Prescribing opioids in primary care: Safely starting, monitoring, and stopping. Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 2016 Mar 1; 83(3):207-15.
  800. Krebs EE, Gravely AA, Jensen AC, Bair M, Kroenke K. Expectations and analgesic preferences among participants in a 12-month trial comparing opioid versus non-opioid analgesics for chronic pain. Poster session presented at: American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting; 2016 Feb 20; Palm Springs, CA.
  801. Krebs EE, Kroenke K, Bair MJ, Jensen A. Expectations and Analgesic Preferences Among Participants in a 12-month Trial Comparing Opioid Versus Non-Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Pain. Presented at: American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting; 2016 Feb 18; Palm Springs, CA.
  802. Ilgen MA. High opioid doses could be marker for suicide risk. VA Research Currents. 2016 Feb 3.
  803. Becker WC, Fiellin DA, Black AC, Kostovich CT, Kerns RD, Fraenkel L. Initial development of patient-reported instrument assessing harm, efficacy, and misuse of long-term opioid therapy. Journal of rehabilitation research and development. 2016 Feb 1; 53(1):127-36.
  804. Burgess DJ, Gravely AA, Nelson DB, Bair MJ, Kerns RD, Higgins DM, Farmer MM, Partin MR. Association between pain outcomes and race and opioid treatment: Retrospective cohort study of Veterans. Journal of rehabilitation research and development. 2016 Feb 1; 53(1):13-24.
  805. Chen JH, Humphreys K, Shah NH, Lembke A. Distribution of Opioids by Different Types of Medicare Prescribers. JAMA internal medicine. 2016 Feb 1; 176(2):259-61.
  806. Krein SL, Bohnert A, Kim HM, Harris ME, Richardson CR. Opioid use and walking among patients with chronic low back pain. Journal of rehabilitation research and development. 2016 Feb 1; 53(1):107-16.
  807. Lovejoy TI, Dobscha SK, Turk DC, Weimer MB, Morasco BJ. Correlates of prescription opioid therapy in Veterans with chronic pain and history of substance use disorder. Journal of rehabilitation research and development. 2016 Feb 1; 53(1):25-36.
  808. Becker WC, Merlin JS, Manhapra A, Edens EL. Management of patients with issues related to opioid safety, efficacy and/or misuse: a case series from an integrated, interdisciplinary clinic. Addiction science & clinical practice. 2016 Jan 28; 11(1):3.
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  810. Binswanger IA, Gordon AJ. From risk reduction to implementation: Addressing the opioid epidemic and continued challenges to our field. [Editorial]. Substance Abuse. 2016 Jan 1; 37(1):1-3.
  811. Oliva EM, Nevedal A, Lewis ET, McCaa MD, Cochran MF, Konicki PE, Davis CS, Wilder C. Patient perspectives on an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Substance Abuse. 2016 Jan 1; 37(1):118-26.
  812. Wright AP, Becker WC, Schiff GD. Strategies for Flipping the Script on Opioid Overprescribing. JAMA internal medicine. 2016 Jan 1; 176(1):7-8.
  813. Fassio V, Aspinall SL, Cunningham J, Zhao X. Trends in Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Prescriptions Before and After an Opioid Safety Initiative in the Veterans Health Administration. Presented at: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; 2015 Dec 6; New Orleans, LA.
  814. Krans EE, Zickmund SL, Rustgi VK, Park SY, Dunn SL, Schwarz EB. Screening and evaluation of hepatitis C virus infection in pregnant women on opioid maintenance therapy: A retrospective cohort study. Substance Abuse. 2015 Nov 16; 37(1):88-95.
  815. Burns RM, Pacula RL, Bauhoff S, Gordon AJ, Hendrikson H, Leslie DL, Stein BD. Policies Related To Opioid Agonist Therapy for Opioid Use Disorders: The Evolution of State Policies from 2004 to 2013. Substance Abuse. 2015 Nov 13; 37(1):63-9.
  816. Cochran G, Gordon AJ, Field C, Bacci J, Dhital R, Ylioja T, Stitzer M, Kelly T, Tarter R. A Continuum of Care Model for Opioid Misuse in Community Pharmacy. Paper presented at: Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse Annual Meeting; 2015 Nov 6; Washington, DC.
  817. Bachhuber MA, Roberts CB, Metraux S, Montgomery AE. Screening for homelessness among individuals initiating medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of opioid management. 2015 Nov 1; 11(6):459-62.
  818. Gordon AJ, Lo-Ciganic WH, Cochran G, Gellad WF, Cathers T, Kelley D, Donohue JM. Patterns and Quality of Buprenorphine Opioid Agonist Treatment in a Large Medicaid Program. Journal of addiction medicine. 2015 Nov 1; 9(6):470-7.
  819. Hayes CJ, Hudson TJ, Phillips MM, Bursac Z, Williams JS, Austin MA, Edlund MJ, Martin BC. The influence of propoxyphene withdrawal on opioid use in veterans. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 2015 Nov 1; 24(11):1180-8.
  820. Lin LA, Bohnert AS, Ilgen MA, Pfeiffer PN, Ganoczy D, Blow FC. Outpatient Provider Contact Prior to Unintentional Opioid Overdose Among VHA Service Users. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2015 Nov 1; 66(11):1149-54.
  821. Maughan BC, Bachhuber MA, Mitra N, Starrels JL. Prescription monitoring programs and emergency department visits involving opioids, 2004-2011. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Nov 1; 156:282-8.
  822. Pacula RL, Stein B, Gordon AJ, Dick A, Burns RM, Leslie DL, Sorbero MS. The Impact of State Policies on the Use of Buprenorphine Among Medicaid Enrollees Identified with Opioid Use Disorders. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2015 Oct 16; Marina del Rey, CA.
  823. Stein B, Paula RL, Sorbero M, Gordon AJ, Leslie DL, Burns RM, Shih RA, Dick AW. Disparities in Opioid Agonist Therapy by Race/Ethnicity and HIV Status Among Medicaid-Enrollees with Opioid Use Disorders. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2015 Oct 16; Marina del Rey, CA.
  824. Finlay AK, Bowe T, Sox-Harris AH. Changes in receipt of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder among veterans from fiscal years 2012-2013. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2015 Oct 15; Marina del Rey, CA.
  825. Stein BD, Mendelsohn J, Gordon A, Pacula RL, Burns RM, Sorbero M, Dick A. Physician Community Network Structure and Clinically Questionable Prescribing Practices for Medicaid-Enrollees With Opioid Use Disorder. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2015 Oct 15; Marina Del Rey, CA.
  826. Evans E, Kelleghan A, Li L, Min J, Huang D, Urada D, Hser YI, Nosyk B. Gender differences in mortality among treated opioid dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Oct 1; 155:228-35.
  827. Hawkins EJ, Malte CA, Grossbard JR, Saxon AJ. Prevalence and Trends of Concurrent Opioid Analgesic and Benzodiazepine Use Among Veterans Affairs Patients with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, 2003-2011. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2015 Oct 1; 16(10):1943-54.
  828. Nosyk B, Min JE, Evans E, Li L, Liu L, Lima VD, Wood E, Montaner JS. The Effects of Opioid Substitution Treatment and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on the Cause-Specific Risk of Mortality Among HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2015 Oct 1; 61(7):1157-65.
  829. Schulte M, Hser Y, Saxon A, Evans E, Li L, Huang D, Hillhouse M, Thomas C, Ling W. Risk Factors Associated with HCV Among Opioid-Dependent Patients in a Multisite Study. Journal of community health. 2015 Oct 1; 40(5):940-7.
  830. Trafton JA, Henderson P, Paik M, Tavakoli S, Bowe T, Oliver J, Midboe AM, Lewis ET. VA Opioid Therapy Clinical Practice Guideline Adherence Report: Customizable intranet-based report of facility-level adherence to guideline recommended care practice to improve the safety and efficacy of opioid prescribing for pain. 2015 Oct 1. Available from: http://vssc.med.va.gov/VSSCAgreements/Default.aspx?locn=http%3A//vssc.med.va.gov/uat.asp..
  831. Hawkins EJ, Malte CA, Saxon AJ, Sayre G. Evaluating a Medication Alert to Reduce Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use at a Single VA Health Care System. Paper presented at: Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Biennial Conference on Advancing Efficient Methodologies Through Community Partnerships and Team Science; 2015 Sep 10; Seattle, WA.
  832. Gordon AJ, Oliva EM, Wells DL, Harding JD. Opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution to prevent opioid overdose mortality [Buprenorphine Initiative in the VA Monthly Webinar Series]. [Cyberseminar]. 2015 Sep 8.
  833. Buscaglia AC, Lewis ET, Trafton JA, VA Opioid Metric Development Team. Baseline Variation in Use of VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Recommended Opioid Prescribing Practices Across VA Health Care Systems. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2015 Sep 1; 31(9):803-812.
  834. Stein BD, Pacula RL, Gordon AJ, Burns RM, Leslie DL, Sorbero MJ, Bauhoff S, Mandell TW, Dick AW. Where Is Buprenorphine Dispensed to Treat Opioid Use Disorders? The Role of Private Offices, Opioid Treatment Programs, and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in Urban and Rural Counties. The Milbank Quarterly. 2015 Sep 1; 93(3):561-83.
  835. Ashrafioun L, Bohnert AS, Jannausch M, Ilgen MA. Evaluation of the current opioid misuse measure among substance use disorder treatment patients. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2015 Aug 1; 55:15-20.
  836. Bair MJ, Bohnert AS. Overdoses in Patients on Opioids: Risks Associated with Mental Health Conditions and Their Treatment. [Editorial]. Journal of general internal medicine. 2015 Aug 1; 30(8):1051-3.
  837. Broyles LM. Getting evidence into real-life practice and systems of care: what SBIRT, opioid agonist treatment, and integrated care look like in the VA. Presented at: Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions Annual Meeting; 2015 Jul 10; Pittsburgh, PA.
  838. Hawkins EJ, Malte CA, Grossbard JR, Saxon AJ. Prevalence and Trends of Concurrent Opioid Analgesic and Benzodiazepine Use Among Veterans Affairs Patients with PTSD 2003-2011. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 10; Philadelphia, PA.
  839. Bohnert AS, Levine DA, Ganoczy D, Blow FC. Factors associated with opioid overdose death among VHA patients age 50 and older prescribed opioids. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
  840. Lovejoy TI, Meath THA, Morasco BJ, Demidenko MI, Dobscha SK. Changes in pain intensity and pain treatment utilization in Veterans following discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
  841. Suda KJ, Bailey LA, Smith BM, Gellad WF, Huo Z, Cunningham F, Burk M, Stroupe KT. Opioid use in Veterans eligible for VA and Medicare Part D and predictors for overlap within and among VA and Medicare Part D-reimbursed pharmacies. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
  842. Finlay AK, Harris A, Blue-Howells J, Rosenthal J, McGuire J, Binswanger I. Receipt of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder: Comparing Justice-involved Veterans with Other Veterans. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
  843. Mudumbai S, Unger-Hu K, Oliva EM, Lewis ET, Trafton JA, Mariano ER, Stafford RS, Wagner TH, Clark D. Time to Cessation of Postoperative Opioids: A National-level, Cross-sectional Analysis of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
  844. Oliva EM, McCaa MD, Lewis ET, Cochran MF, Konicki PE, Wilder CM. Formative Evaluation of Life-Saving Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) in VISNs 10 and 21. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
  845. Im JJ, Shachter RD, Oliva EM, Henderson PT, Paik MC, Trafton JA, PROGRES Team. Association of Care Practices with Suicide Attempts in US Veterans Prescribed Opioid Medications for Chronic Pain Management. Journal of general internal medicine. 2015 Jul 1; 30(7):979-91.
  846. Oliva EM. Saving Veterans Lives through Implementation of Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND). Presented at a Public Hearing on Exploring Naloxone Uptake and Use. Federal Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; 2015 Jul 1; Silver Spring, MD. 2015 Jul 1.
  847. Barry DT, Sofuoglu M, Kerns RD, Wiechers IR, Rosenheck RA. Prevalence and correlates of co-prescribing psychotropic medications with long-term opioid use nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatry Research. 2015 Jun 30; 227(2-3):324-32.
  848. Bohnert AS, Blow FC, Cunningham R, Thomas L, Greenwald MK, Chermack S, Bonar EE, Walton M. A randomized clinical trial of a behavioral intervention to reduce opioid overdose risk behavior. Paper presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2015 Jun 15; Phoenix, AZ.
  849. Marcus SC, Olfson M, Amos T, Durkin M. Patient characteristics and acute care service use of Medicare beneficiaries meeting opioid overutilization criteria. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2015 Jun 15; Minneapolis, MN.
  850. Maughan B, Bachhuber MA, Mitra N, Starrels J. Prescription monitoring program implementation was not associated with changes in emergency department visits involving opioid analgesics. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2015 Jun 15; Minneapolis, MN.
  851. Finlay AK, Harris A, Blue-Howells J, Rosenthal J, McGuire J, Binswanger I. Receipt of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder: Comparing Veterans in Veterans Justice Programs with other Veterans. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2015 Jun 14; Minneapolis, MN.
  852. Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Becker W, Cerda M, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon A, Kerns R, Martins SS, Fiellin DA, Marshall BD. Incident Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids is Associated with Heroin Initiation Among US Veterans: A Prospective Cohort Study. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2015 Jun 13; Phoenix, AZ.
  853. Edelman E, Tate J, Gordon K, Becker W, Bryant K, Crothers K, Gaither J, Gibert CL, Gordon A, Marshall BD, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Samet JH, Skanderson M, Justice A, Fiellin D. Do prescribed opioids impact CD4 count restoration among HIV+ patients initiating antiretroviral therapy? Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2015 Jun 13; Phoenix, AZ.
  854. Park TW, Saitz R, Ganoczy D, Ilgen MA, Bohnert AS. Benzodiazepine prescribing patterns and deaths from drug overdose among US veterans receiving opioid analgesics: case-cohort study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2015 Jun 10; 350:h2698.
  855. Dick AW, Pacula RL, Gordon AJ, Sorbero M, Burns RM, Leslie D, Stein BD. Growth In Buprenorphine Waivers For Physicians Increased Potential Access To Opioid Agonist Treatment, 2002-11. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2015 Jun 1; 34(6):1028-34.
  856. Weisberg DF, Gordon KS, Barry DT, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gaither J, Gordon AJ, Goulet J, Kerns RD, Moore BA, Tate J, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Long-term Prescription of Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Mortality Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 2015 Jun 1; 69(2):223-33.
  857. Comer S, Cunningham C, Fishman MJ, Gordon AJ, Kampman K, Langleben D, Nordstrom B, Oslin D, Woody G, Wright T, Wyatt S. American Society of Addiction Medicine National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use. 2015 May 27.
  858. Dobscha SK. Changes in Pain Intensity Over Time in a National Cohort of Older Veterans: Exploring Associations of Pain Scores with Prescription Opioids. [Cyberseminar]. 2015 May 5.
  859. Mosher HJ, Krebs EE, Carrel M, Kaboli PJ, Weg MW, Lund BC. Trends in prevalent and incident opioid receipt: an observational study in Veterans Health Administration 2004-2012. Journal of general internal medicine. 2015 May 1; 30(5):597-604.
  860. Rogal SS, Bielefeldt K, Wasan AD, Lotrich FE, Zickmund S, Szigethy E, DiMartini AF. Inflammation, psychiatric symptoms, and opioid use are associated with pain and disability in patients with cirrhosis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2015 May 1; 13(5):1009-16.
  861. Westanmo A, Marshall P, Jones E, Burns K, Krebs EE. Opioid Dose Reduction in a VA Health Care System--Implementation of a Primary Care Population-Level Initiative. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2015 May 1; 16(5):1019-26.
  862. Becker W, Tate JP, Edelman EJ, Gaither J, Akgun K, Barry D, Crystal S, Gordon A, Merlin JS, Kerns RD, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. The Relationship Among Opioid Use, HIV, and Accidental Death: Is It In the Eye of the Beholder? Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2015 Apr 24; Toronto, Canada.
  863. Krebs EE, Kroenke K, Wu J, Bair MJ, Yu Z. Baseline opioid use as a predictor of telecare collaborative pain management outcomes. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2015 Apr 23; Toronto, Canada.
  864. Bohnert AS. Preventing prescription opioid overdoses: Changing prescribing practices and patients’ risky opioid use. Paper presented at: VA VISN 11 Opioid Safety Initiative and Pain Management Seminar; 2015 Apr 22; Fort Wayne, IN.
  865. Edelman EJ, Tate JP, Gordon KS, Becker WC, Bryant K, Crothers K, Gaither J, Gibert CL, Gordon A, Marshall BD, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Samet JH, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Do prescribed opioids impact CD4 count restoration among HIV+ patients initiating antiretroviral therapy. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2015 Apr 22; Toronto, Canada.
  866. Bohnert AS. Preventing prescription opioid overdoses: Changing prescribing practices and patients’ risky opioid use. Paper presented at: VA Palo Alto Center for Innovation to Implementation Seminar Series; 2015 Apr 20; Palo Alto, CA.
  867. Ilgen MA. Opioid dose and risk of suicide mortality. Paper presented at: American Association of Suicidology Annual Conference; 2015 Apr 17; Atlanta, GA.
  868. Bohnert AS. Preventing prescription opioid overdoses: Changing prescribing practices and patients’ risky opioid use. Paper presented at: Kaiser Permanente Division of Research Annual Meeting; 2015 Apr 16; San Francisco, CA.
  869. Farmer CM, Lindsay D, Williams J, Ayers A, Schuster J, Cilia A, Flaherty MT, Mandell T, Gordon AJ, Stein BD. Practice guidance for buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorders: results of an expert panel process. Substance Abuse. 2015 Apr 6; 1-8.
  870. Bachhuber MA, Saloner B, Barry CL. What ecologic analyses cannot tell us about medical marijuana legalization and opioid pain medication mortality--reply. JAMA internal medicine. 2015 Apr 1; 175(4):656-7.
  871. Finney JW, Humphreys K, Harris AH. What ecologic analyses cannot tell us about medical marijuana legalization and opioid pain medication mortality. [Letter to the Editor]. JAMA internal medicine. 2015 Apr 1; 175(4):655-6.
  872. Hughes HK, Korthuis PT, Saha S, Eggly S, Sharp V, Cohn J, Moore R, Beach MC. A mixed methods study of patient-provider communication about opioid analgesics. Patient education and counseling. 2015 Apr 1; 98(4):453-61.
  873. Lovejoy TI, Dobscha SK, Turk DC, Weimer MB, Morasco BJ. Predictors of prescription opioid therapy in patients with chronic pain and a history of substance use disorder. [Abstract]. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society. 2015 Apr 1; 16(1):S84.
  874. Bohnert AS. Prescription drug abuse, overdose, and responsible opioid prescribing. Paper presented at: Oakland County Health Division, Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose Prevention Collaborative Meeting; 2015 Mar 20; Pontiac, MI.
  875. Finlay AK, Binswanger I, Frayne SM, Harris A. Receipt of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder: Comparing justice-involved Veterans with other Veterans. Presented at: Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health; 2015 Mar 19; Boston, MA.
  876. Lee JD, Friedmann PD, Boney TY, Hoskinson RA, McDonald R, Gordon M, Fishman M, Chen DT, Bonnie RJ, Kinlock TW, Nunes EV, Cornish JW, O'Brien CP. Extended-release naltrexone to prevent relapse among opioid dependent, criminal justice system involved adults: rationale and design of a randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Contemporary clinical trials. 2015 Mar 1; 41:110-7.
  877. Cochran G, Woo B, Lo-Ciganic WH, Gordon AJ, Donohue JM, Gellad WF. Defining nonmedical use of prescription opioids within health care claims: a systematic review. Substance Abuse. 2015 Feb 11; 36(2):192-202.
  878. Krebs EE. Opioid therapy for chronic pain. Pain, Opioids, and Addiction education series. 2015 Feb 10.
  879. Larney S, Bohnert AS, Ganoczy D, Ilgen MA, Hickman M, Blow FC, Degenhardt L. Mortality among older adults with opioid use disorders in the Veteran's Health Administration, 2000-2011. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Feb 1; 147:32-7.
  880. Oliva EM. Implementing Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) to Prevent Opioid Overdose Mortality. Presented at: VA / Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Annual Conference; 2015 Jan 28; Dallas, TX.
  881. Becker WC, Ganoczy D, Fiellin DA, Bohnert AS. Buprenorphine/Naloxone dose and pain intensity among individuals initiating treatment for opioid use disorder. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2015 Jan 1; 48(1):128-31.
  882. Dick A, Pacula R, Gordon AJ, Sorbero M, Burns RM, Farmer C, Leslie D, Stein BD. Increasing access to opioid agonist treatment in US treatment shortage areas. [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Jan 1; 146:E266.
  883. Gordon AJ, Jenkins JA. The Time Is Now: The Role of Pharmacotherapies in Expanding Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. [Editorial]. Substance Abuse. 2015 Jan 1; 36(2):127-8.
  884. Gordon AJ, Lo Ciganic W, Cochran G, Gellad WF, Donohue JM. Characteristics of buprenorphine opioid agonist treatment in a longitudinal US Medicaid population. [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Jan 1; 146:E126.
  885. Morasco BJ, Krebs EE, Cavanagh R, Hyde S, Crain A, Dobscha SK. Treatment changes following aberrant urine drug test results for patients prescribed chronic opioid therapy. Journal of opioid management. 2015 Jan 1; 11(1):45-51.
  886. Pacula RL, Gordon AJ, Dick AW, Burns RM, Farmer C, Leslie D, Sorbero M, Stein BD. Expansion of buprenorphine opioid agonist therapy in the United States: facility-level factors. [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Jan 1; 146:E179.
  887. Peng X, Robinson RL, Mease P, Kroenke K, Williams DA, Chen Y, Faries D, Wohlreich M, McCarberg B, Hann D. Long-term evaluation of opioid treatment in fibromyalgia. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2015 Jan 1; 31(1):7-13.
  888. Stein BD, Gordon AJ, Dick A, Burns RM, Pacula R, Farmer C, Leslie D. Physician supply for the treatment of opioid use disorders: the influence of state policies. [Abstract]. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Jan 1; 146:e107-e108.
  889. Tierney M, Finnell DS, Naegle MA, LaBelle C, Gordon AJ. Advanced Practice Nurses: Increasing Access to Opioid Treatment by Expanding the Pool of Qualified Buprenorphine Prescribers. Substance Abuse. 2015 Jan 1; 36(4):389-92.
  890. Dorflinger L, Moore B, Goulet J, Becker W, Heapy AA, Sellinger JJ, Kerns RD. A partnered approach to opioid management, guideline concordant care and the stepped care model of pain management. Journal of general internal medicine. 2014 Dec 1; 29 Suppl 4:870-6.
  891. Vanderlip ER, Sullivan MD, Edlund MJ, Martin BC, Fortney J, Austen M, Williams JS, Hudson T. National study of discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy among veterans. Pain. 2014 Dec 1; 155(12):2673-9.
  892. Mudumbai S, Unger-Hu K, Oliva E, Lewis E, Trafton J, Mariano ER, Stafford RS, Wagner T, Clark D. Adverse Outcomes associated with Types of Postoperative Opioid Use: A Population-level Study of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Paper presented at: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Pain Medicine Meeting; 2014 Nov 13; San Francisco, CA.
  893. Cochran G, Woo B, Donohue J, Gordon A, Lo-Ciganic W, Gellad W. Defining non-medical use of prescription opioids within health insurance claims data: a systematic review. Paper presented at: Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse Annual Meeting; 2014 Nov 7; San Francisco, CA.
  894. Lewis ET. What we know about opioid adherence might surprise you: findings from a qualitative study of opioid use behaviors. HSR&D Spotlight on Pain Management. [Cyberseminar]. 2014 Nov 4.
  895. Bachhuber MA, Saloner B, Cunningham CO, Feingold J, Barry CL. Could Delaware's medical marijuana law reduce harms from opioid analgesics? Delaware medical journal. 2014 Nov 1; 86(11):341-3.
  896. Edlund MJ, Austen MA, Sullivan MD, Martin BC, Williams JS, Fortney JC, Hudson TJ. Patterns of opioid use for chronic noncancer pain in the Veterans Health Administration from 2009 to 2011. Pain. 2014 Nov 1; 155(11):2337-43.
  897. Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Rimland D, Skanderson M, Weisberg DF, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Guideline-concordant management of opioid therapy among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and uninfected veterans. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society. 2014 Nov 1; 15(11):1130-40.
  898. Krebs EE, Bergman AA, Coffing JM, Campbell SR, Frankel RM, Matthias MS. Barriers to guideline-concordant opioid management in primary care--a qualitative study. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society. 2014 Nov 1; 15(11):1148-55.
  899. Morasco BJ, O'Hearn D, Turk DC, Dobscha SK. Associations between prescription opioid use and sleep impairment among veterans with chronic pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2014 Nov 1; 15(11):1902-10.
  900. Good CB. VA response to FDA abuse-deterrent opioid medications initiative [invited presentation]. Presented at: Development and Regulation of Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Medications FDA Public Meeting; 2014 Oct 30; Silver Spring, MD.
  901. Bauhoff S, Stein BD, Pacula RL, Dick AW, Gordon AJ, Burns RM, Leslie DL. Do Substance Abuse Policies Influence Opioid Agonist therapies in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. Poster session presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2014 Oct 16; Boston, MA.
  902. Stein BD, Dick SW, Sorbero M, Burns RM, Pacula RL, Gordon AJ, Leslie DL. Patterns of buprenorphine use among Medicaid-enrolled individuals with opioid use disorders. Poster session presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2014 Oct 16; Boston, MA.
  903. Mudumbai S, Unger-Hu K, Oliva E, Lewis E, Trafton J, Mariano ER, Stafford RS, Wagner T, Clark D. Time to Cessation of Postoperative Opioids: A National-level, Cross-sectional Analysis of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Paper presented at: American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting; 2014 Oct 11; New Orleans, LA.
  904. Cavanagh R, Gritzner S, Dobscha SK, Morasco BJ. Aberrant medication-related behaviors do not differ based on opioid dose: Results from a comprehensive medical record review. Presented at: International Association for the Study of Pain Annual Meeting; 2014 Oct 7; Buenos Aires, Brazil.
  905. Bachhuber MA, Saloner B, Cunningham CO, Barry CL. Medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality in the United States, 1999-2010. JAMA internal medicine. 2014 Oct 1; 174(10):1668-73.
  906. Park TW, Friedmann PD. Medications for addiction treatment: an opportunity for prescribing clinicians to facilitate remission from alcohol and opioid use disorders. Rhode Island medical journal. 2014 Oct 1; 97(10):20-4.
  907. Krebs EE. Opioid Risk Mitigation and Adherence Monitoring in Practice. Presented at: National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention Quarterly Workshop; 2014 Sep 30; Bethesda, MD.
  908. Trafton JA. Implementing Guideline Recommendations for Improving the Safety and Effectiveness of Opioid Therapy: Strategies and Lessons Learned From the VHA. Presented at: Conquering Pain Locally, Regionally and Nationally Conference; 2014 Sep 20; Stanford, CA.
  909. Humphreys KN. Damned If We Do... Can We Relieve Pain and Stop Opioid Abuse At the Same Time? Presented at: Conquering Pain Locally, Regionally and Nationally Conference; 2014 Sep 19; Stanford, CA.
  910. Cobaugh DJ, Gainor C, Gaston CL, Kwong TC, Magnani B, McPherson ML, Painter JT, Krenzelok EP. The opioid abuse and misuse epidemic: implications for pharmacists in hospitals and health systems. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2014 Sep 15; 71(18):1539-54.
  911. Oliva EM. Opioid Interventions: Naloxone and Other Option. Teleconference. Presented at: VA VISN 23 Substance Use Disorders Programs Conference; 2014 Sep 11; Menlo Park, CA.
  912. Oliva EM. Spotlight on Pain Management - Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND): Preventing and Responding to an Opioid Overdose. [Cyberseminar]. 2014 Sep 2.
  913. Grossbard JR, Malte CA, Saxon AJ, Hawkins EJ. Clinical monitoring and high-risk conditions among patients with SUD newly prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2014 Sep 1; 142:24-32.
  914. Back SE, Gros DF, McCauley JL, Flanagan JC, Cox E, Barth KS, Brady KT. Laboratory-induced cue reactivity among individuals with prescription opioid dependence. Addictive Behaviors. 2014 Aug 1; 39(8):1217-23.
  915. Lewis ET, Cucciare MA, Trafton JA. What do patients do with unused opioid medications? The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2014 Aug 1; 30(8):654-62.
  916. Trafton JA, Oliva EM. Legislative strategies other than legalizing illicit opioids may help to reduce overdose fatalities. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2014 Aug 1; 109(8):1243-4.
  917. Oliva EM, Midboe AM, Lewis ET, Henderson PT, Dalton AL, Im JJ, Seal K, Paik MC, Trafton JA. Sex differences in chronic pain management practices for patients receiving opioids from the Veterans Health Administration. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2015 Jan 1; 16(1):112-8.
  918. Bohnert AS, Ilgen MA, Trafton JA, Kerns RD, Eisenberg A, Ganoczy D, Blow FC. Trends and regional variation in opioid overdose mortality among Veterans Health Administration patients, fiscal year 2001 to 2009. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2014 Jul 1; 30(7):605-12.
  919. Matthias MS, Krebs EE, Bergman AA, Coffing JM, Bair MJ. Communicating about opioids for chronic pain: a qualitative study of patient attributions and the influence of the patient-physician relationship. European journal of pain (London, England). 2014 Jul 1; 18(6):835-43.
  920. Goulet JL, Becker WC, Kerns RD, Justice AC, Fiellin D. Guideline-concordant management of opioid therapy among patients with and without unhealthy alcohol use. Poster session presented at: Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting; 2014 Jun 21; Bellevue, WA.
  921. Becker WC, Ganoczy D, Fiellin DA, Bohnert AS. Buprenorphine/naloxone dose and pain intensity among individuals initiating treatment for opioid use disorder. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 19; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  922. Dick A, Pacula R, Gordon AJ, Sorbero M, Burns RM, Farmer C, Leslie D, Stein BD. Increasing access to opioid agonist treatment in US treatment shortage areas. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 16; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  923. Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Becker W, Gaiter JR, Gordon AJ, Samet J, Justice A, Fiellin D. The impact of prescription opioids on CD4 count in HIV: a longitudinal analysis. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 16; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  924. Gordon AJ, Lo Ciganic W, Cochran G, Gellad WF, Donohue JM. Characteristics of buprenorphine opioid agonist treatment in a longitudinal US Medicaid Population. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 16; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  925. Pacula RL, Gordon AJ, Dick AW, Burns RM, Farmer C, Leslie D, Sorbero M, Stein BD. Expansion of buprenorphine opioid agonist therapy in the United States: facility-level factors. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 16; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  926. Stein BD, Gordon AJ, Dick A, Burns RM, Pacula R, Farmer C, Leslie D. Physician supply for the treatment of opioid use disorders: the influence of state policies. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 16; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  927. Fiellin D, Justice AC. Using the VACS index to track health outcomes associated with abstinence among HIV-infected patients receiving opioid agonist treatment. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 14; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  928. Justice AC, Goulet JL, Becker WC, Fiellin D. Receipt of opioid therapy guideline-concordant care among HIV-infected and uninfected Veterans. Poster session presented at: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting; 2014 Jun 14; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  929. Krein SL, Bohnert AS, Kim M, Harris ME, Richardson CR. Opioid Use and Walking Among Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2014 Jun 10; San Diego, CA.
  930. Hudson TJ, Williams S, Austen MA, Martin B, Sullivan M, Fortney JC, Edlund MJ. Opioid use among OEF/OIF Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2014 Jun 9; San Diego, CA.
  931. Justice AC, Becker WC, Fiellin D, Kerns RD. Racial differences in receipt of opioid therapy guideline-concordant care. Poster session presented at: International Conference on Opioids; 2014 Jun 8; Boston, MA.
  932. Broyles LM. Getting evidence into real-life practice and systems of care: what SBIRT, opioid agonist treatment, and integrated care look like in the VA (Presentation for Advanced Medical Student Fellowship in Alcohol and Other Drug Dependency; Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions, Pittsburgh, PA). 2014 Jun 4.
  933. Burgess DJ, Phelan S, Workman M, Hagel E, Nelson DB, Fu SS, Widome R, van Ryn M. The effect of cognitive load and patient race on physicians' decisions to prescribe opioids for chronic low back pain: a randomized trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2014 Jun 1; 15(6):965-74.
  934. Clarke TK, Crist RC, Ang A, Ambrose-Lanci LM, Lohoff FW, Saxon AJ, Ling W, Hillhouse MP, Bruce RD, Woody G, Berrettini WH. Genetic variation in OPRD1 and the response to treatment for opioid dependence with buprenorphine in European-American females. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 2014 Jun 1; 14(3):303-8.
  935. Oliva EM, Konicki PE. Opioid Risk Mitigation and the Role of Naloxone Rescue. Oral presentation (Adobe Connect webinar) to VA SCAN-ECHO (Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes). [Cyberseminar]. 2014 May 27.
  936. Okunseri C, Okunseri E, Xiang Q, Thorpe JM, Szabo A. Prescription of opioid and nonopioid analgesics for dental care in emergency departments: Findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Journal of public health dentistry. 2014 May 26; 74(4):283-92.
  937. Oliva EM, Burgard J, Drexler K. Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) to Prevent Opioid Overdose. Oral presentation (telephone conference) to the VISN 23 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Leads. 2014 May 2.
  938. Bachhuber MA, Southern WN, Cunningham CO. Profiting and providing less care: comprehensive services at for-profit, nonprofit, and public opioid treatment programs in the United States. Medical care. 2014 May 1; 52(5):428-34.
  939. Kerns RD, Goulet JL, Dorflinger L, Moore BA. Opioid prescribing and the Stepped Care Model of Pain Management in the Veteran's Health Administration. Poster session presented at: American Pain Society Annual Meeting; 2014 May 1; Tampa, FL.
  940. Becker WC. Recent trends and regional variation in opioid analgesic exposure in the Veterans Health Administration. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 26; San Diego, CA.
  941. Justice AC, Becker WC, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Moore BA, Fiellin D. Association of Long-Term Opioid and/or Benzodiazepine Receipt and Medication Count with Mortality among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients. Paper presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 23; San Diego, CA.
  942. Krebs EE, Paudel M, Taylor BC, Bauer D, Fink HA, Lane N, Ensrud KE. Association of opioid use with falls and fractures among older men. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 23; San Diego, CA.
  943. Hudson TJ, Martin BC, Sullivan M, Fortney JC, Austen MA, Williams S, Edlund MJ. Population-level analysis of opioid use among Veterans. Poster session presented at: Association for Clinical Research Training / Society for Clinical and Translational Science / American Federation for Medical Research Translational Science Meeting; 2014 Apr 11; Washington, DC.
  944. Matthias MS. Communicating about Opioids for Chronic Pain: What Really Happens in Clinic Visits? [Cyberseminar]. 2014 Apr 1.
  945. Donohue JM, Lo-Ciganic WH, Cochran G, Gordon AJ, Zemaitis MA, Gellad WF. Opioid use, opioid use disorder and buprenorphine use in Pennsylvania Medicaid. Philadelphia, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Medical Assistance Programs; 2014 Mar 31. 42 p.
  946. Trafton JA, Oliva EM. Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) to Prevent Opioid Overdose. Oral presentation (telephone conference) to the VA Chiefs of Staff. 2014 Mar 27.
  947. Justice AC, Goulet JL, Kerns RD, Fiellin D. Receipt of opioid therapy guideline-concordant care among HIV-infected and uninfected Veterans. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2014 Mar 7; Boston, MA.
  948. Sullivan M, Vanderlip E, Hudson TJ, Edlund MJ, Martin BC, Fortney JC, Landes RD, Austen MA, Williams S. National study of discontinuation of chronic opioid therapy among Veterans. Paper presented at: American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting; 2014 Mar 7; Phoenix, AZ.
  949. Trafton JA. Spotlight on Pain Management: Quality Improvement and Implementation Support to Improve Use of Guideline Recommended Practices for Chronic Opioid Therapy. [Cyberseminar]. 2014 Mar 4.
  950. Scherrer JF, Svrakic DM, Freedland KE, Chrusciel T, Balasubramanian S, Bucholz KK, Lawler EV, Lustman PJ. Prescription opioid analgesics increase the risk of depression. Journal of general internal medicine. 2014 Mar 1; 29(3):491-9.
  951. Mosher HJ, Jiang L, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Cram P, Kaboli PJ, Vander Weg MW. Prevalence and characteristics of hospitalized adults on chronic opioid therapy. Journal of hospital medicine. 2014 Feb 1; 9(2):82-7.
  952. Burgess DJ, Nelson DB, Gravely AA, Bair MJ, Kerns RD, Higgins DM, van Ryn M, Farmer M, Partin MR. Racial differences in prescription of opioid analgesics for chronic noncancer pain in a national sample of veterans. The journal of pain. 2014 Apr 1; 15(4):447-55.
  953. Bonar EE, Ilgen MA, Walton M, Bohnert AS. Associations among pain, non-medical prescription opioid use, and drug overdose history. The American journal on addictions. 2014 Jan 1; 23(1):41-7.
  954. Park TW, Bohnert AS, Austin KL, Saitz R, Pizer SD. Datapoints: regional variation in benzodiazepine prescribing for patients on opioid agonist therapy. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2014 Jan 1; 65(1):4.
  955. Porucznik CA, Johnson EM, Rolfs RT, Sauer BC. Specialty of prescribers associated with prescription opioid fatalities in Utah, 2002-2010. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2014 Jan 1; 15(1):73-8.
  956. Thorson D, Biewen P, Bonte B, Epstein H, Haake B, Hansen C, Hooten M, Hora J, Johnson C, Keeling F, Kokayeff A, Krebs EE, Myers C, Nelson B, Noonan MP, Reznikoff C, Thiel M, Trujillo A, Van Pelt S, Wainio J. Acute Pain Assessment and Opioid Prescribing Protocol. Bloomington, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; 2014 Jan 1. 44 p.
  957. Bachhuber MA, Cunningham CO. Changes in testing for human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted infections, and hepatitis C virus in opioid treatment programs. JAMA. 2013 Dec 25; 310(24):2671-2.
  958. Morasco BJ, Cavanagh R, Gritzner S, Dobscha SK. Care management practices for chronic pain in veterans prescribed high doses of opioid medications. Family Practice. 2013 Dec 1; 30(6):671-8.
  959. Saxon AJ, Hser YI, Woody G, Ling W. Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction: methadone and buprenorphine. Journal of food and drug analysis. 2013 Dec 1; 21(4):S69-S72.
  960. Gros DF, Back SE, McCauley J, Mercer MA, LaRowe S, Brady KT. Examination of prescription opioid cue-induced subjective, physiological, and neuroendocrine reactivity. Poster session presented at: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention; 2013 Nov 21; Nashville, TN.
  961. Gros DF, De Leo JA, Back SE. Comparing self-report mood-related symptomatology and addiction severity in a sample of prescription opioid dependent and non-dependent individuals. Poster session presented at: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention; 2013 Nov 21; Nashville, TN.
  962. Gros DF, De Leo JA, Back SE, Milanak ME, Brady KT. Comparing clinical profiles of prescription opioid dependent individuals with and without comorbid mood and anxiety disorders. Poster session presented at: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention; 2013 Nov 21; Nashville, TN.
  963. Painter JT, Crofford LJ, Talbert J. Geographic variation of chronic opioid use in fibromyalgia. Poster session presented at: International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Annual Conference; 2013 Nov 3; Washington, DC.
  964. Bachhuber MA, Cunningham CO. For-profit treatment of opioid addiction. [Letter to the Editor]. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2013 Nov 1; 32(11):2060.
  965. Matthias MS, Krebs EE, Collins LA, Bergman AA, Coffing J, Bair MJ. "I'm not abusing or anything": patient-physician communication about opioid treatment in chronic pain. Patient education and counseling. 2013 Nov 1; 93(2):197-202.
  966. Edlund MJ, Sullivan M, Martin BC, Fortney JC, Landes RD, Austen MA, Williams S, Hudson TJ. Patterns of opioid use among Veterans with chronic non-cancer pain. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 25; Portland, OR.
  967. Hayes C, Phillips M, Martin BC, Bursac Z, Williams S, Hudson TJ. The influence of the propoxyphene withdrawal on opioid use and opioid related adverse events in Veterans. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 25; Portland, OR.
  968. Hudson TJ, Edlund MJ, Martin BC, Sullivan M, Fortney JC, Landes RD, Austen MA, Williams S. National analysis of opioid use among Veterans. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 25; Portland, OR.
  969. Hudson TJ, Pope R, Williams S, Martin BC, Sullivan M, Fortney JC, Landes RD, Edlund MJ. Opioid use among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans with traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 25; Portland, OR.
  970. Stein BD, Gordon AJ, Dick AW, Burns RM, Pacula RL, Farmer CM, Leslie DL, Sorbero M. Physician supply for the treatment of opioid addiction: the influence of state policies. Paper presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 24; Portland, OR.
  971. Grossbard J, Malte CA, Saxon AJ, Hawkins EJ, Hawkins EJ. Clinical Monitoring and High-Risk Conditions Among Patients With SUD Newly Prescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepines. Presented at: Addiction Health Services Research Conference; 2013 Oct 23; Portland, OR.
  972. Becker WC, Fraenkel L, Kerns RD, Fiellin DA. A research agenda for enhancing appropriate opioid prescribing in primary care. Journal of general internal medicine. 2013 Oct 1; 28(10):1364-7.
  973. Dobscha SK. Prescription opioids and benzodiazepines: moving beyond "just say no". Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2013 Oct 1; 14(10):1447-9.
  974. Ford AC, Brenner DM, Schoenfeld PS. Efficacy of pharmacological therapies for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation: systematic review and meta-analysis. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2013 Oct 1; 108(10):1566-74; quiz 1575.
  975. Trafton JA, Henderson P, Paik M, Tavakoli S, Bowe T, Oliver J, Midboe AM, Lewis ET. VA Opioid Therapy Clinical Practice Guideline Adherence Report/Too: Customizable intranet-based report of facility-level adherence to guideline recommended care practice to improve the safety and efficacy of opioid prescribing for pain (Updated quarterly). 2013 Oct 1.
  976. Humphreys KN. Responding to opioid and methamphetamine addiction. Paper presented at: Kanawha County Methamphetamine Task Force Meeting; 2013 Sep 19; Charleston, WV.
  977. Crist RC, Clarke TK, Ang A, Ambrose-Lanci LM, Lohoff FW, Saxon AJ, Ling W, Hillhouse MP, Bruce RD, Woody G, Berrettini WH. An intronic variant in OPRD1 predicts treatment outcome for opioid dependence in African-Americans. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Sep 1; 38(10):2003-10.
  978. Hawkins EJ, Malte CA, Grossbard J, Saxon AJ, Imel ZE, Kivlahan DR. Comparative safety of benzodiazepines and opioids among veterans affairs patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of addiction medicine. 2013 Sep 1; 7(5):354-62.
  979. Roy-Byrne P, Sullivan MD, Sherbourne CD, Golinelli D, Craske MG, Sullivan G, Stein MB. Effects of pain and prescription opioid use on outcomes in a collaborative care intervention for anxiety. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2013 Sep 1; 29(9):800-6.
  980. Ford AC, Brenner DM, Schoenfeld PS. Don't forget about constipation with opioid treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2013 Jul 16; 347:f4492.
  981. Potter JS, Marino EN, Hillhouse MP, Nielsen S, Wiest K, Canamar CP, Martin JA, Ang A, Baker R, Saxon AJ, Ling W. Buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone maintenance treatment outcomes for opioid analgesic, heroin, and combined users: findings from starting treatment with agonist replacement therapies (START). Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2013 Jul 1; 74(4):605-13.
  982. Rigg KK, Murphy JW. Understanding the etiology of prescription opioid abuse: implications for prevention and treatment. Qualitative Health Research. 2013 Jul 1; 23(7):963-75.
  983. Becker WC, Fraenkel L, Edelman EJ, Holt SR, Glover J, Kerns RD, Fiellin DA. Instruments to assess patient-reported safety, efficacy, or misuse of current opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review. Pain. 2013 Jun 1; 154(6):905-16.
  984. Brenner DM, Ford AC, Schoenfeld P. Efficacy of pharmacological therapies for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation, systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster session presented at: Digestive Disease Week Annual Meeting; 2013 May 18; Orlando, FL.
  985. Deyo RA, Smith DH, Johnson ES, Tillotson CJ, Donovan M, Yang X, Petrik A, Morasco BJ, Dobscha SK. Prescription opioids for back pain and use of medications for erectile dysfunction. Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1986). 2013 May 15; 38(11):909-15.
  986. Hausmann LR, Gao S, Lee ES, Kwoh CK. Racial disparities in the monitoring of patients on chronic opioid therapy [Spotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar Series]. [Cyberseminar]. 2013 May 7.
  987. Porucznik CA, Johnson EM, Rolfs RT, Sauer BC. Opioid prescribing knowledge and practices: provider survey following promulgation of guidelines-Utah, 2011. Journal of opioid management. 2013 May 1; 9(3):217-24.
  988. Becker WC. Trends in and correlates of opioid receipt among Veterans with and without HIV. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 26; Denver, CO.
  989. Becker WC, Edelman EJ, Gordon K, Kerns RD, Crystal S, Fiellin LE, Gordon AJ, Goulet JL, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Trends and correlate of opioid analgesic receipt among Veterans with and without HIV: 1999-2010. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 25; Denver, CO.
  990. Mosher HJ, Kaboli PJ. Chronic Opioid Therapy of Hospitalized Patients. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 25; Denver, CO.
  991. Tetrault J, Tate J, Edelman J, Gordon AJ, Vin LR, Crystal S, Fiellin L, Bryant K, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Use and safety of buprenorphine in HIV-infected and uninfected opioid dependent patients. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 25; Denver, CO.
  992. Bair MJ. Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: A Primary Care 'Toolbox' for Employing Rational Analgesia, Managing Risk, and Enhancing Communication. Paper presented at: American College of Physicians Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 11; San Francisco, CA.
  993. Johnson EM, Lanier WA, Merrill RM, Crook J, Porucznik CA, Rolfs RT, Sauer B. Unintentional prescription opioid-related overdose deaths: description of decedents by next of kin or best contact, Utah, 2008-2009. Journal of general internal medicine. 2013 Apr 1; 28(4):522-9.
  994. VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services, Medical Advisory Panel, and VISN Pharmacist Executives with, Gordon AJ, Kivlahan D, Liberto J, McNicholas L, Oslin DW, Saxon A, Trafton J. Buprenorphine / Naloxone and Buprenorphine Sublingual Formulations for Opioid Dependence. Criteria for Use for Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) Settings. 2013 Apr 1.
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