Axeen S, Pacula RL, Merlin JS, Gordon AJ, Stein BD. Association of Daily Doses of Buprenorphine With Urgent Health Care Utilization. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435478. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35478. PMID: 39320889
Oldfield BJ, Gleeson B, Morford KL, Adams Z, Funaro MC, Becker WC, Merlin JS. Long-Term Use of Muscle Relaxant Medications for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2434835. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34835. PMID: 39298168
Jones KF, Long DM, Bair MJ, Agil D, Browne L, Burkholder G, Clay OJ, Conder K, Durr AL, Farel CE, King K, Johnson B, Liebschutz JM, Demonte W, Leone M, Mullen L, Orris SM, Thomas T, Johnson M, Napravnik S, Merlin JS. Efficacy of a Pain Self-Management Intervention Tailored to People With HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Sep 1;184(9):1074-1082. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3071. PMID: 39008317 PMCID: PMC11250263
Moyo P, Merlin JS, Gairola R, Girard A, Shireman TI, Trivedi AN, Marshall BDL. Association of Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis with Management of Acute Low Back Pain: A Medicare Retrospective Cohort Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug;39(11):2097-2105. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08799-3. Epub 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38829451
Axson SA, Becker WC, Merlin JS, Lorenz KA, Midboe AM, C Black A. Long-term opioid therapy trajectories in veteran patients with and without substance use disorder. Addict Behav. 2024 Jun;153:107997. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107997. Epub 2024 Feb 24. PMID: 38442438
Green E, Hamm M, Gowl C, Van Deusen R, Liebschutz JM, Wilson JD, Merlin J. Optimizing evidence-based practice implementation: a case study on simulated patient protocols in long-term opioid therapy. Implement Sci Commun. 2024 Apr 22;5(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s43058-024-00575-y. PMID: 38649982
Jones KF, White G, Bennett A, Bulls H, Escott P, Orris S, Escott E, Fischer S, Hamm M, Krishnamurti T, Wong R, LeBlanc TW, Liebschutz J, Meghani S, Smith C, Temel J, Ritchie C, Merlin JS. Benefits, Harms, and Stakeholder Perspectives Regarding Opioid Therapy for Pain in Individuals With Metastatic Cancer: Protocol for a Descriptive Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Mar 13;13:e54953. doi: 10.2196/54953. PMID: 38478905
Jones KF, Osazuwa-Peters OL, Des Marais A, Merlin JS, Check DK. Substance Use Disorders Among US Adult Cancer Survivors. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Mar 1;10(3):384-389. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5785. PMID: 38206609; PMCID: PMC10784996.
Moyo P, Merlin JS, George M, Shireman TI, Marshall BDL. Association of Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis with Use of Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Care among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients: A Group-Based Trajectory Analysis. J Pain. 2024 Mar;25(3):742-754. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.10.003. Epub 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 37820847
Langmann GA, Childers J, Merlin JS. Caring for Patients With Opioid Misuse or Substance Use Disorders in Hospice: A National Survey. J Palliat Med. 2024 Feb;27(2):209-215. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0082. Epub 2023 Oct 12. PMID: 37824806
Harris KW, Schweiberger K, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Arnold RM, Merlin J, Chang JC, Kasparian NA. An Observational Study of Dialogue about Uncertainty in Clinician-Family Counseling Conversations Following Prenatal Diagnosis of Complex Congenital Heart Disease. PEC Innov. 2024 Feb 13;4:100265. doi: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100265. eCollection 2024 Dec. PMID: 38404930
Medaglio D, Bilker WB, Han X, Merlin JS, Plankey M, Martin J, Crane HM, Hojat LS, Bamford L, Schnoll R, Tyndale RF, Ashare RL, Gross R. Nicotine Metabolite Ratio Decreases After Switching Off Efavirenz-Based Therapy in People With HIV Who Smoke. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Jan;115(1):80-85. doi: 10.1002/cpt.3068. Epub 2023 Oct 20. PMID: 37787039
O’Regan A, Fish LJ, Makarushka C, Somers T, Fitzgerald Jones K, Merlin JS, Dinan M, Oeffinger K, Check D. Managing Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivorship: Communication Challenges and Opportunities as Described by Cancer Survivors. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Jan;41(1):78-86. doi: 10.1177/10499091231164634. Epub 2023 Mar 17. PMID: 36927121