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How do you approach weaning patients off of buprenorphine?

What has been your experience with alternative injection sites to the abdomen for improving pain/tolerability with buprenorphine extended release?

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How do you approach patients with substance use disorders who require chemotherapy for their cancer?

Are there differences in management for those with stimulant use (e.g., methamphetamine, cocaine)?

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What are your preferred non-benzodiazepine therapies for the hyperactive/agitated phase of methamphetamine withdrawal, both in the hospital and in the office?

Assume QTc is not prolonged, electrolytes are reasonably normal, and the patient is not already on heavy psychotropic polypharmacy.

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What approaches have you found most helpful for concurrent severe major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder?

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In what cases do you use baclofen for alcohol use disorder?

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How do you manage MAT for opioid use disorder in lung transplant patients during the peri/postoperative period?

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Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 Oct 08

Tailored-Dose Baclofen in the Management of Alcoholism: A Retrospective Study of 144 Outpatients Followed for 3 Years in a French General Practice.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2018 Sep 25

Risk of hospitalisation and death related to baclofen for alcohol use disorders: Comparison with nalmefene, acamprosate, and naltrexone in a cohort study of 165 334 patients between 2009 and 2015 in France.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2020 Aug 04

Individualized, High-Dose Baclofen for Reduction in Alcohol Intake in Persons With High Levels of Consumption.

General hospital psychiatry, 2018

Patterns and predictors of pain following lung transplantation.

The clinical respiratory journal, 2018 Sep

Chronic opioid use and clinical outcomes in lung transplant recipients: A single-center cohort study.

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2021 Feb 17

Survival implications of prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use in lung transplant recipients: Analysis of linked transplant registry and pharmacy fill records.

Transplantation, 2020 Aug

Pretransplant Opioid Use and Survival After Lung Transplantation.

The American journal of psychiatry, 2010-06

A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial combining sertraline and naltrexone for treating co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence.

Depression and anxiety, 2013-06

Prospective study of substance-induced and independent major depressive disorder among individuals with substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample.

Journal of addiction medicine, 2021 May-Jun 01

Using Extended Release Buprenorphine Injection to Discontinue Sublingual Buprenorphine: A Case Series.

The American journal on addictions, 2023 Mar 20

Case series: Voluntary discontinuation of sublingual buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder using extended-release buprenorphine.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2022 Jun 30

Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Jan 29

Cardiovascular Toxicity Induced by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitors.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019 Dec 10

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease After Male Germ Cell Cancer.

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