Opioids
Narcotics, or opioids, are often used to treat pain, including pain associated with work injuries. Yet, abuse of these painkillers has resulted in such a large increase in hospitalizations and deaths that the situation is called an “opioid epidemic.” IWH research looks at optimal opioid prescribing practices for physicians, as well as the use and effects of opioids related to the treatment of work-related injuries in particular.
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Patterns and correlates of workplace and non-workplace cannabis use among Canadian workers before the legalization of non-medical cannabis
Published: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, October 2020
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Self-reported practices in opioid management of chronic noncancer pain: an updated survey of Canadian family physicians
Published: Journal of Clinical Medicine, October 2020
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Cannabis use and work-related injuries: a cross-sectional analysis
Published: Occupational Medicine, October 2020
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Changes in early high-risk opioid prescribing practices after policy interventions in Washington State
Published: Health Services Research, October 2020
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Prescription opioid overdose and adverse effect hospitalisations among injured workers in eight states (2010-2014)
Published: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 2020
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Factors associated with early opioid dispensing compared with NSAID and muscle relaxant dispensing after a work-related low back injury
Published: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 2020
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Warning from Canada: Latin America, South Africa and India may face an opioid epidemic in the coming years
Published: Journal of Global Health, June 2020
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Opioid-prescribing metrics in Washington state: trends and challenges
Published: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, May 2020
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Early high-risk opioid prescribing practices and long-term disability among injured workers in Washington State, 2002-2013
Published: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, May 2020
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Canadian guidelines on opioid use disorder among older adults
Published: Canadian Geriatrics Journal, March 2020