Merlin JS, Khodyakov D, Arnold R, Bulls HW, Dao E, Kapo J, King C, Meier D, Paice J, Ritchie C, Liebschutz JM. Expert Panel Consensus on Management of Advanced Cancer-Related Pain in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2139968. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39968. PMID: 34962565
LaRowe LR, Cleveland JD, Long DM, Nahvi S, Cachay ER, Christopoulos KA, Crane HM, Cropsey K, Napravnik S, O’Cleirigh C, Merlin JS, Ditre JW. Prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among people living with HIV. AIDS Care. 2021 Dec;33(12):1534-1542. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1883511. Epub 2021 Feb 17. PMID: 33594924
Merlin JS, Althouse A, Feldman R, Arnsten JH, Bulls HW, Liebschutz JM, Nugent SM, Orris SR, Rohac R, Starrels JL, Morasco BJ, Kansagara D. Analysis of State Cannabis Laws and Dispensary Staff Recommendations to Adults Purchasing Medical Cannabis. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2124511. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24511. PMID: 34524435
Bulls HW, Bell LF, Orris SR, Goodin BR, Liebschutz JM, Wozniak A, Merlin JS, Schenker Y. Exemptions to state laws regulating opioid prescribing for patients with cancer-related pain: A summary. Cancer. 2021 Sep 1;127(17):3137-3144. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33639. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34043811
Singhvi DG, Nouraie M, Kessinger C, McMahon DK, Weinman R, Crothers K, Huang L, Bon J, Morris A, Merlin J. Brief Report: Association Between Pain, Pulmonary Function, and Respiratory Symptoms in People With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Aug 15;87(5):1161-1166. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002696. PMID: 33871410
Kennedy AJ, Hilmes MK, Waddell L, Bartow AB, Baxter CM, Hadi CM, Snyder GM, Merlin JS. Retesting for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Patterns of testing from a large US healthcare system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Aug;42(8):1023-1025. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.413. Epub 2020 Aug 10. PMID: 32772941
Richard EL, Althouse AD, Arnsten JH, Bulls HW, Kansagara D, Kerbag MN, Lichius C, Lipsey D, Morasco BJ, Nugent SM, Merlin JS, Starrels JL. How medical are states’ medical cannabis policies?: Proposing a standardized scale. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Aug;94:103202. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103202. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33765514
Schenker Y, Hamm M, Bulls HW, Merlin JS, Wasilko R, Dawdani A, Kenkre B, Belin S, Sabik LM. This Is a Different Patient Population: Opioid Prescribing Challenges for Patients With Cancer-Related Pain. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 Jul;17(7):e1030-e1037. doi: 10.1200/OP.20.01041. Epub 2021 Apr 13. PMID: 33848194
Kennedy AJ, Hassan I, Cameron FA, Gobao V, Edelman EJ, Ho K, Fisk S, Hamm M, Merlin JS. Barriers and Facilitators to Providing HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Among Buprenorphine Prescribers: A Pilot Qualitative Study. J Addict Med. 2021 May-Jun 01;15(3):261-263. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000729. PMID: 32909982
King C, Arnold R, Dao E, Kapo J, Liebschutz J, Meier D, Paice J, Ritchie C, Czajkowski K, Khodyakov D, Merlin J. Consensus-based approach to managing opioids, including opioid misuse and opioid use disorder, in patients with serious illness: protocol for a modified Delphi process. BMJ Open. 2021 May 19;11(5):e045402. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045402. PMID: 34011593
Serota DP, Capozzi C, Lodi S, Colasanti JA, Forman LS, Tsui JI, Walley AY, Lira MC, Samet J, Del Rio C, Merlin JS. Predictors of pain-related functional impairment among people living with HIV on long-term opioid therapy. AIDS Care. 2021 Apr;33(4):507-515. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1748866. Epub 2020 Apr 3. PMID: 32242463
Wilson JD, Abebe KZ, Kraemer K, Liebschutz J, Merlin J, Miller E, Kelley D, Donohue J. Trajectories of Opioid Use Following First Opioid Prescription in Opioid-Naive Youths and Young Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e214552. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4552. PMID: 33885777
Ngo B, Liebschutz JM, Cheng DM, Colasanti JA, Merlin JS, Armstrong WS, Forman LS, Lira MC, Samet JH, Del Rio C, Tsui JI. Hazardous alcohol use is associated with greater pain interference and prescription opioid misuse among persons living with HIV and chronic pain. BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 22;21(1):564. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10566-6. PMID: 33752634
Jones KF, Fu MR, Merlin JS, Paice JA, Bernacki R, Lee C, Wood LJ. Exploring Factors Associated With Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Cancer Survivors: An Integrative Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Feb;61(2):395-415. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.015. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID: 32822751
Hagle HN, Martin M, Winograd R, Merlin J, Finnell DS, Bratberg JP, Gordon AJ, Johnson C, Levy S, MacLane-Baeder D, Northup R, Weinstein Z, Lum PJ. Dismantling racism against Black, Indigenous, and people of color across the substance use continuum: A position statement of the association for multidisciplinary education and research in substance use and addiction. Subst Abus. 2021;42(1):5-12. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2020.1867288. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33465013