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Top Addiction Medicine Research Papers
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7.6
Alcohol use: less is better. An umbrella systematic review of clinical interventions, policies, and dose-response health risks in adults.
Overall: This rigorous umbrella review is highly relevant to routine alcohol counseling and supports a simple lower-consumption message, but the demonstrated intervention effect is modest and direct clinical benefit remains insufficiently quantified.
2.
7.2
Impact of treatment duration on the effectiveness of opioid analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Overall: This randomized-trial meta-analysis addresses clinically meaningful pain outcomes and has a clear implication against prolonged opioid therapy, but missing quantitative results and limitations of cross-duration subgroup comparisons weaken certainty.
3.
7.2
Medication Samples and Smoking Cessation Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: This relevant randomized US trial found a clinically meaningful improvement in self-reported cessation with varenicline sampling, but absent objective confirmation, unreported harms, and implementation questions temper confidence and immediate adoption.
4.
7.2
Buprenorphine-Naloxone vs Extended-Release Naltrexone Following Opioid Withdrawal Treatment.
Overall: This large US comparative-effectiveness study found a modest reduction in nonfatal overdose with buprenorphine-naloxone but no mortality advantage, providing clinically useful yet nonrandomized evidence for outpatient treatment selection after opioid withdrawal.
5.
6.9
Social Media Support Groups for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: An RCT.
Overall: This randomized trial found a clinically meaningful improvement in youth vaping abstinence using an accessible digital intervention, but very low follow-up substantially weakens confidence and limits immediate adoption.
6.
6.8
Association of Continuous Medicaid Eligibility With Postpartum Coverage and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.
Overall: This large US quasi-experimental study found sizable gains in postpartum Medicaid continuity and opioid use disorder treatment retention, but residual confounding and the absence of direct health outcomes limit certainty and immediate practice-changing impact.
7.
6.8
Efficacy and safety of varenicline for vaping cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Overall: Varenicline is a practical and promising primary care intervention for vaping cessation, but evidence from only three small trials is not yet precise enough to establish long-term benefit.
8.
6.8
Opioid agonist treatment and risk of mortality in French primary care: a nationwide, retrospective cohort study.
Overall: This large, precise French primary-care cohort found substantial and sustained mortality reductions during opioid agonist treatment, but residual confounding and limited reporting of harms temper its ability to change US practice.
9.
6.7
Mirtazapine for Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: A strong randomized trial found a modest reduction in methamphetamine-use days, but adverse effects, discontinuations, and no improvement in secondary outcomes temper its relevance to routine US primary care.
10.
6.7
Association of Inhaling Marijuana With Asthma Attacks: An Analysis of Nationally Representative Survey Data.
Overall: This nationally representative longitudinal study provides clinically relevant evidence supporting avoidance counseling for inhaled marijuana among adults with asthma, but self-reported observational data and absent absolute risks limit certainty.
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