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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-2.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - Table E-1. RCT QA
	Table E-1. RCT quality assessment 
	Author,
Year	Randomization Adequate? 	Allocation Concealment Adequate?	Groups Similar at Baseline?	Outcome Assessors Masked?	Care Provider Masked?	Patient Masked?	Intention-To-Treat (ITT) Analysis	Acceptable Levels of Overall Attrition and Between-Group Differences… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-opioid-chronic-pain-surveill-report-1.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - Table E-1. RCT QA
	Table E-1. RCT quality assessment 
	Author,
Year	Randomization Adequate? 	Allocation Concealment Adequate?	Groups Similar at Baseline?	Outcome Assessors Masked?	Care Provider Masked?	Patient Masked?	Intention-to-Treat (ITT) Analysis	Acceptable Levels of Overall Attrition and Between-Group Differences… 
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-2.pdf
April 01, 2022 - /  
10. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
11. … strategy [3a], short-acting opioid [3b], long-acting 
opioid [3c], short plus long-acting opioid [3d … , long-acting opioid 
[3b], alternative long-acting opioid [3c], long-acting 
opioid alone [3d], as-needed … opioid therapy. … Trajectories of Opioid Use Following First 
Opioid Prescription in Opioid-Naive Youths 
and Young Adults
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioids-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-1-final.pdf
April 01, 2022 - opioid therapy. … strategy [3a], short-acting opioid [3b], long-acting 
opioid [3c], short plus long-acting opioid [3d … , long-acting opioid 
[3b], alternative long-acting opioid [3c], long-acting 
opioid alone [3d], as-needed … opioid therapy. … Trajectories of Opioid Use Following First 
Opioid Prescription in Opioid-Naive Youths 
and Young Adults
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.pdf
June 01, 2022 - The observational 
study compared involuntary opioid reduction, voluntary opioid reduction, and no opioid … strategy [3a], short-acting opioid [3b], long-acting 
opioid [3c], short plus long-acting opioid [3d … , long-acting opioid 
[3b], alternative long-acting opioid [3c], long-acting 
opioid alone [3d], as-needed … opioid abuse. … Trajectories of Opioid Use Following First 
Opioid Prescription in Opioid-Naive Youths 
and Young Adults
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/opioids-chronic-pain/research
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_executive.pdf
September 19, 2014 - characteristics (e.g., specific opioid, short- versus 
long-acting opioid, mode of administration, dose … In patients with chronic pain, what are the risks of 
opioids versus placebo or no opioid on: (1) opioid … In patients on long-term opioid therapy, what are the 
effects of decreasing opioid doses or of tapering … Association 
between opioid prescribing patterns and opioid overdose-
related deaths. … Opioid Misuse Measure 
(COMM).
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment/research-protocol
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-193-naloxone-executive-summary.pdf
November 01, 2017 - repeat 
opioid overdose episodes. … FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid 
overdose. … Management of opioid analgesic overdose. … Community management of 
opioid overdose. … Out-of-hospital treatment 
of opioid overdoses in an urban setting.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - long-acting opioid agonist methadone, 
the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine, or the opioid antagonist … In patients with pain and co-occurring 
opioid use disorder, treatment with medications for opioid use … disorder with full or partial opioid 
agonist effects (methadone or buprenorphine) or opioid antagonist … , non-pharmacologic therapies, and non-
opioid medications for chronic pain and opioid use disorder; … with opioid use disorder.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief3-SUD.pdf
April 01, 2021 - long-acting opioid agonist methadone, 
the partial opioid agonist buprenorphine, or the opioid antagonist … In patients with pain and co-occurring 
opioid use disorder, treatment with medications for opioid use … disorder with full or partial opioid 
agonist effects (methadone or buprenorphine) or opioid antagonist … , non-pharmacologic therapies, and non-
opioid medications for chronic pain and opioid use disorder; … with opioid use disorder.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emt-naloxon_research-protocol.pdf
November 29, 2016 - Aversive and reinforcing opioid effects: 
a pharmacogenomic twin study. … Association between opioid prescribing 
patterns and opioid overdose-related deaths. … Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain 
and overdose: a cohort study. … Management of opioid analgesic overdose. … FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/retention-strategies-opioid-use-disorder
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/opioid-use-disorder/technical-brief
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mat-retention-strategies-rapid-review-1.pdf
August 01, 2020 - without decreased opioid tolerance. … Effect of Buprenorphine Implants on Illicit 
Opioid Use Among Abstinent Adults With 
Opioid Dependence … Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After 
Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association 
With Mortality: A … treatment, Medication-
assisted therapy, opioid, opioids, opioid use disorder, retention, retention, … Effect of Buprenorphine Implants on Illicit 
Opioid Use Among Abstinent Adults With 
Opioid Dependence
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-blocks-final-exec-sum.pdf
August 01, 2025 - associated with significant adverse effects, including the risk of long-term dependence or 
chronic opioid … CWB decreased opioid consumption with small benefit in pain scores (low SOE). … In open cardiac surgery, CWBs showed some benefit in reducing pain and opioid use 
(low SOE). … Incidence of 
and Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid Use Among 
Opioid-Naive Patients in the Postoperative … Chronic 
Opioid Use after Surgery: Implications for 
Perioperative Management in the Face of the 
Opioid
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
January 01, 2020 - opioid abuse treatment. … overdoses: opioid misuse 
and dependence. … Prescription 
opioid abuse in chronic pain: a review of opioid 
abuse predictors and strategies to … curb opioid 
abuse. … Responding to opioid overdose. [internet].
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - use of prescribing opioid therapy 
for acute pain conditions; and factors influencing opioid prescribing … (or/1-4) and (5 or 6)  
8. exp Analgesics, Opioid/ 
9. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
10. … (or/1-4) and (5 or 6)  
8. exp Analgesics, Opioid/  
9. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
10. … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, or 
overdose? … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, 
or overdose?
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-rept-1-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - evaluated an opioid alone. … (or/1-4) and (5 or 6)  
8. exp Analgesics, Opioid/ 
9. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
 
A-6 
10. … (or/1-4) and (5 or 6)  
8. exp Analgesics, Opioid/  
9. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
10. … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, or 
overdose? … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, 
or overdose?
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-protocol-acute-pain-treatments.pdf
August 08, 2019 - Opioid prescribing quadrupled from 1999 to 2010; concurrently, the number of opioid 
analgesics deaths … used; (4) the duration of opioid 
therapy; (5) opioid use history; or (6) substance use history? … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, or overdose? … for predicting risk of opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, or overdose? … (or/1-4) and (5 or 6)  
8. exp Analgesics, Opioid/  
9. opioid*.ti,ab,kw.  
10.