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William C Becker
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
2004
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PMIDPaper TitleJournal TitlePublished Year
37766414When harms outweigh benefits of long-term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments.Addiction2024
38029949The Association of Prescribed Opioids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.J Pain2024
36384218Design, methods, and recruitment outcomes of the Veterans' Pain Care Organizational Improvement Comparative Effectiveness (VOICE) study.Contemp Clin Trials2023
37596904Changes in opioid prescribing in veterans with headache during the COVID-19 pandemic: A regression discontinuity in time analysis.Headache2023
37386370Video-telecare collaborative pain management during COVID-19: a single-arm feasibility study.BMC Prim Care2023
36988368Higher Pain Catastrophizing and Preoperative Pain is Associated with Increased Risk for Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use.Pain Physician2023
37464147Integration of Health Coaches in a Whole Health Team Model of Chronic Pain Care: a Qualitative Study.J Gen Intern Med2023
37132202Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder in Veterans.Am J Psychiatry2023
36738634Concordance between controlled substance receipt and post-mortem toxicology in opioid-detected overdose deaths: A statewide analysis.Drug Alcohol Depend2023
34114904Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV.AIDS Care2022
35440528Association Between Exposure to Complementary and Integrative Therapies and Opioid Analgesic Daily Dose Among Patients on Long-term Opioid Therapy.Clin J Pain2022
35639969Perceived Pain and Smoking Interrelations Among Veterans with Chronic Pain Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Trial.Pain Med2022
35553287Patient-Reported Bothersome Symptoms Attributed to Alcohol Use Among People With and Without HIV.AIDS Behav2022
36251291Effect of Implementation Facilitation to Promote Adoption of Medications for Addiction Treatment in US HIV Clinics: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA Netw Open2022
35996825Joint longitudinal trajectories of pain intensity and opioid prescription in veterans with back pain.Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf2022
35863697Opioid tapering support using a web-based app: Development and protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Contemp Clin Trials2022
34940877Optimizing Interdisciplinary Virtual Pain Care and Buprenorphine Initiation During COVID-19: A Quality Improvement Study.Pain Med2022
34974174Arguments for and Against a New Diagnostic Entity for Patients With Chronic Pain on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Whom Harms Outweigh Benefits.J Pain2022
35020698Adaptations to Opioid Use Disorder Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of Prescribers.J Addict Med2022
34823729Perioperative Buprenorphine Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach.Med Clin North Am2022
34791412Optimizing the Impact of Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Veteran and Military Populations: Lessons From the Pain Management Collaboratory.Mil Med2022
34693748Impact of complex, partially nested clustering in a three-arm individually randomized group treatment trial: A case study with the wHOPE trial.Clin Trials2022
34621058Opioids for chronic pain management in patients with dialysis-dependent kidney failure.Nat Rev Nephrol2022
34180721Cannabis use, pain interference, and prescription opioid receipt among persons with HIV: a target trial emulation study.AIDS Care2022
33290931Utilizing a multi-class classification approach to detect therapeutic and recreational misuse of opioids on Twitter.Comput Biol Med2021
33534632How Patients and Providers Weigh the Risks and Benefits of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Cancer Pain.JCO Oncol Pract2021
34733066A Facility-Wide Plan to Increase Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care and General Mental Health Settings.Fed Pract2021
34460005I smoke to cope with pain: patients' perspectives on the link between cigarette smoking and pain.Wien Klin Wochenschr2021
34541967Psychological Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adults.Psychol Sci Public Interest2021
33948790Cross Disciplinary Role Agreement is Needed When Coordinating Long-Term Opioid Prescribing for Cancer: a Qualitative Study.J Gen Intern Med2021
34226031Decision-Making Capacity, Opioid Use Disorder, and the 3-Stage Model of Addiction.Mayo Clin Proc2021
33397480Merging statewide data in a public/university collaboration to address opioid use disorder and overdose.Addict Sci Clin Pract2021
33179145Validity of Incident Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Diagnoses in Administrative Data: a Chart Verification Study.J Gen Intern Med2021
31476361Signature Informed Consent for Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Patients With Cancer: Perspectives of Patients and Providers.J Pain Symptom Manage2020
31909803Clinician Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding Cannabis: Results from a National Veterans Health Administration Survey.Pain Med2020
31667741Opioid Prescriptions and Short-Term Mortality: a U.S. National Study.J Gen Intern Med2020
32097753Association of prescription opioids and incident cardiovascular risk factors among post-9/11 Veterans.Prev Med2020
31855919Common and Challenging Behaviors Among Individuals on Long-term Opioid Therapy.J Addict Med2020
33145681A Research Agenda for Advancing Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety: Findings from a VHA State of the Art Conference.J Gen Intern Med2020
33313734Whole Health Options and Pain Education (wHOPE): A Pragmatic Trial Comparing Whole Health Team vs Primary Care Group Education to Promote Nonpharmacological Strategies to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans-Rationale, Methods, and Implementation.Pain Med2020
33313726Stakeholder Engagement in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Emphasizing Relationships to Improve Pain Management Delivery and Outcomes.Pain Med2020
33082346Genome-wide association study of smoking trajectory and meta-analysis of smoking status in 842,000 individuals.Nat Commun2020
33277686Mounting a Scientifically Informed Response to the Opioid Crisis in the Veterans Health Administration.J Gen Intern Med2020
33159241Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence with Long-term Opioids: a Gray Area That Needs Definition, Better Understanding, Treatment Guidance, and Policy Changes.J Gen Intern Med2020
32976995Working with HIV clinics to adopt addiction treatment using implementation facilitation (WHAT-IF?): Rationale and design for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation study.Contemp Clin Trials2020
32772102Improving Guideline Adherence for Opioid Prescribing in Community Health Centers.Pain Med2020
32826776Tailored to Fit: How an Implementation Framework Can Support Pragmatic Pain Care Trial Adaptation for Diverse Veterans Affairs Clinical Settings.Med Care2020
32417360Are we missing opioid-related deaths among people with HIV?Drug Alcohol Depend2020
32240291When Epidemics Collide: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the Opioid Crisis.Ann Intern Med2020
32267658Trajectories of Self-Reported Opioid Use Among Patients With HIV Engaged in Care: Results From a National Cohort Study.J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr2020
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