The rate of prescription opioids for adolescent patients is increasing. Initial exposure to opioids is most commonly from prescriptions and the increasing rate of opioid [...]

Many senior adult patients often face the use of multiple medications with challenges in adhering to the agreed-upon regimens. This study focused on addressing health li [...]

Prescription opiate overdose is a leading cause of death among adults in the United States. If prescription opiates are the causative factor for multiple drug overdoses e [...]

Approximately 2 million Americans live with opioid use disorder (OUD), the majority of whom also have chronic pain. The disorder is associated with considerable morbidity [...]

This study focused on a diverse sample of Emerging Adults (EAs) in order to identify unique risk and protective factors associated with post-surgical outcomes, specifical [...]

Despite growing concomitant use of opioids and methamphetamines and other stimulants, documentation of this polysubstance use in the electronic health record (EHR) is not [...]

Rates of hospitalizations due to complications from drug use and infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have increased amidst the ongoing substance use epidemic. Persons [...]

This dissertation explores the regulation and adaptation of mu-opioid receptors (MORs) within the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a brain region critical f [...]

In Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, injection drug use is associated with younger age, homelessness, hepatitis C, MRSA, higher rates of patient-directed discharge, lower [...]