Jones KF, Khodyakov D, Han BH, Arnold RM, Dao E, Morrison J, Kapo J, Meier DE, Paice JA, Liebschutz JM, Ritchie CS, Merlin JS, Bulls HW. Expert consensus-based guidance on approaches to opioid management in individuals with advanced cancer-related pain and nonmedical stimulant use. Cancer. 2023 Dec 15;129(24):3978-3986. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34921. Epub 2023 Sep 11. PMID: 37691479
Jones KF, Joudrey P, Meier D, Meghani S, Merlin J. Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs – Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 30;389(22):2024-2026. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2310123. Epub 2023 Nov 25. PMID: 38009604
Schweiberger K, Harris KW, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Soudi A, Arnold RM, Merlin JS, Kasparian NA, Chang JC. “I Just Want You to Hear That Term”: Characterizing Language Used in Fetal Cardiology Consultations. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2023 Sep 13;10(9):394. doi: 10.3390/jcdd10090394. PMID: 37754823
Bhondoekhan F, Marshall BDL, Shireman TI, Trivedi AN, Merlin JS, Moyo P. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Nonpharmacologic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain Among Medicare Beneficiaries With OUD. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333251. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33251. PMID: 37698860
Choudry E, Rofé KL, Konnyu K, Marshall BDL, Shireman TI, Merlin JS, Trivedi AN, Schmidt C, Bhondoekhan F, Moyo P. Treatment Patterns and Population Characteristics of Nonpharmacological Management of Chronic Pain in the United States’ Medicare Population: A Scoping Review. Innov Aging. 2023 Aug 11;7(10):igad085. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igad085. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38094932
Merlin JS, Hamm M, de Abril Cameron F, Baker V, Brown DA, Cherry CL, Edelman EJ, Evangeli M, Harding R, Josh J, Kemp HI, Lichius C, Madden VJ, Nkhoma K, O’Brien KK, Parker R, Rice A, Robinson-Papp J, Sabin CA, Slawek D, Scott W, Tsui JI, Uebelacker LA, Wadley AL, Goodin BR. The Global Task Force for Chronic Pain in People with HIV (PWH): Developing a research agenda in an emerging field. AIDS Care. 2023 Aug;35(8):1215-1223. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1902936. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33745403
Jones KF, Fu MR, Wood Magee L, Merlin J, Check DK, McTernan M, Bernacki R, Bulls HW. “It Is So Easy For Them to Dismiss”: A Phenomenological Study of Cancer Survivors with Chronic Cancer-Related Pain. J Palliat Med. 2023 Aug;26(8):1090-1099. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0538. Epub 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 36944115
Slawek DE, Althouse AD, Feldman R, Arnsten JH, Bulls HW, Liebschutz JM, Nugent SM, Orris SR, Rohac R, Starrels JL, Morasco BJ, Kansagara D, Merlin JS. Cannabis dispensary staff approaches to counseling on potential contraindications to cannabis use: insights from a national self-report survey. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Jul 14;24(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02095-5.. PMID: 37442944. PMCID: PMC10347704
Merlin J, Black AC, Midboe AM, Troszak L, Asch S, Bohnert A, Fenton B, Giannitrapani K, Glassman P, Kerns RD, Silveira M, Lorenz K, Abel E, Becker W. Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose in patients with and without cancer. BMJ Onc. 2023 July 3; 2(1): e000023. doi: 10.1136/bmjonc-2022-000023. PMID: 38259328
Bulls HW, Hamm M, Wasilko R, Cameron FA, Belin S, Goodin BR, Liebschutz JM, Wozniak A, Sabik LM, Schenker Y, Merlin JS. “I Refused to Get Addicted to Opioids”: Exploring Attitudes about Opioid Use Disorder in Patients with Advanced Cancer Pain and their Support People. J Pain. 2023 Jun;24(6):1030-1038. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.01.015. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PMID: 36709854
Moyo P, Vaillant J, Girard A, Gairola R, Shireman TI, Trivedi AN, Merlin JS, Marshall BDL. Prevalence of opioid and nonopioid pain management therapies among Medicare beneficiaries with musculoskeletal pain conditions from 2016 to 2019. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Jul 1;248:109930. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109930. Epub 2023 May 17. PMID: 37269776
Bulls HW, Althouse AD, Feldman R, Arnsten JH, Liebschutz JM, Nugent SM, Orris SR, Rohac R, Slawek DE, Starrels JL, Morasco BJ, Kansagara D, Merlin JS. Dispensary Staff Perceptions About the Benefits, Risks, and Safety of Cannabis for Medical Purposes. Subst Abus. 2023 Jul;44(3):226-234. doi: 10.1177/08897077231186677. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37706479
Ho JJ, Jones KF, Merlin JS, Sager Z, Childers J. Buprenorphine Initiation: Low-Dose Methods #457. J Palliat Med. 2023 Jun 26(6): 867-869. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0047. PMID: 37276524
Jones KF, Malinowski J, Paice J, Childers J, Bulls HW, Morrison J, Ho JJ, Alsbrook K, Nugent S, Broglio K, Nickels K, Holbein M, Parajuli J, Merlin JS. Opioid prescribing considerations in patients with cancer and substance misuse and use disorder: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2023 Apr 1;21(4):812-825. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00007. PMID: 36404752
Check DK, Jones KF, Fish LJ, Dinan MA, Dunbar TK, Farley S, Ma J, Merlin JS, O’Regan A, Oeffinger KC. Clinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Apr;19(4):e484-e491. doi: 10.1200/OP.22.00410. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36595729
Neale KJ, Weimer MB, Davis MP, Jones KF, Kullgren JG, Kale SS, Childers J, Broglio K, Merlin JS, Peck S, Francis SY, Bango J, Jones CA, Sager Z, Ho JJ. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Buprenorphine. J Palliat Med. 2023 Jan;26(1):120-130. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0399. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 36067137