Michael Varenbut

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus
observational 2017
The association between age of onset of opioid use and comorbidity among opioid dependent patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy
Addiction science & clinical practice ·doi:10.1186/s13722-017-0074-0

BACKGROUND: Opioid use disorder (OUD) affects approximately 21.9 million people worldwide. This study aims to determine the association between age of onset of opioid use and comorbid disorders, both physical and psychiatric, in patients re…

observational 2014
Evaluation of clinical and inflammatory profile in opioid addiction patients with comorbid pain: results from a multicenter investigation
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment ·doi:10.2147/ndt.s72785

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is the most commonly reported comorbidity among patients with opioid addiction receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), with an estimated prevalence ranging between 30% and 55%. Evidence suggests that patien…