Svetlana Skurtveit

..Our objective was to explore how differences in prevalences of use, dosing characteristics, choice of statin and continuity of therapy in individual patients adds new information to previous results...

..9 (1.6-2.3). So far, it is questionable whether the introduction of LD-TD-BUP actually has stabilised opioids consumption or whether it has complicated and increased the consumption of potentially addictive drugs...

..The aims of the study were to examine use of psychotropic drugs among 15-16 years old adolescents and to study the association between use of drugs and health-related, lifestyle and sociodemographic factors...

..The objective of this study was to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of self-reported use of medication using a prescription database as reference standard...

..To evaluate the effect of the consumption of benzodiazepines at age 40-42 years on prescription of opioids later in life...

..To evaluate the effect of the use of benzodiazepines on prescription of opioids 4-7 years later in patients with noncancer pain...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively smoking dependence as a predictor of repeated use of prescribed opioids in non-cancer patients...

..The use of GGT as a marker of alcohol consumption in middle-aged persons should take into account sex, BMI and drinking of boiled coffee...

..In a cohort of new opioid users who started treatment with weak opioids, only 0.3% and 0.08% developed prescription patterns indicating persistent opioid use and problematic opioid use, respectively...

..To our knowledge this is a new finding, and studies to confirm it should be carried out in other countries. If verified, the results should lead to the consideration of new public health approaches towards apprehended impaired drivers...

..Carisoprodol, a drug used for acute lower back pain, may cause psychomotor impairment. We wanted to investigate if patients using carisoprodol had increased risk of being involved in a traffic accident...

..The objective of the present study was to examine whether the use of lithium or valproate increased the risk of being involved in traffic accidents...

..Impairing effects on psychomotor coordination and feelings of sedation were studied by comparing IMs with EMs following their ingestion of a single dose of 700 mg carisoprodol...

..Drugs prescribed for the treatment of insomnia can be either benzodiazepine hypnotics or the newer z-hypnotics, zopiclone and zolpidem. This paper explores possible explanations for the choice made...

..We wanted to investigate whether filling a prescription for zopiclone or zolpidem was associated with increased risk of road traffic accidents at a national population level. Nitrazepam and flunitrazepam were used as comparator drugs...

..To explore psychotropic drug use in the general population and in particular among non-institutionalized persons with mental distress symptoms...

..The aim of this study was to establish mortality rates among subjects previously apprehended for driving under the influence of traffic-hazardous medicinal drugs, alone or in combination with alcohol...

..This study investigates changes in criminal involvement among patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) over a 7-year period prior to, during and after treatment, particularly in relation to differences in treatment engagement...

..The aim of this study was to examine the risk of a car driver being involved in a road traffic accident while using prescribed drugs. We used data from population-based registries...

..The aim of the study was to describe the use of prescribed opioid analgesics for noncancer pain and the degree of possible concurrent co-medication with benzodiazepines to women in Norway before, during, and after pregnancy...

..To examine whether young adults with asthma are at higher risk of initiating hypnotic use...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the consumption of anxiolytic or hypnotic drugs on total mortality in a general population...

..To study the relationship between mental distress and later use of anxiolytic drugs, taking into account potential confounders such as lifestyle and socioeconomic factors...

..The objective of the present study was to examine whether the use of antidepressants by drivers increased the risk of being involved in traffic accidents...

..To study the influence of patients' education and cardiovascular risk factors on the probability of statin treatment...

..Carisoprodol was developed to create a drug with less potential for abuse than meprobamate. However, case reports have established carisoprodol as a drug of abuse. This paper explores the extent of potential abuse of this drug in Norway...

..If the increase in frequency of GDM observed in MBRN in recent years is real, a further increase in diabetic women can be expected...

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..Possible impairment could further be a product of the parent drug and/or the metabolite meprobamate. The present study aimed to investigate if carisoprodol had an impairing effect by it self...

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..In conclusion our results disclose complicated interactions between morphine and its two metabolites with respect to induction of locomotor activity and possibly also with respect to mechanisms related to drug reward...

..To examine whether socioeconomic factors influence adherence to alendronate drug treatment among incident users in Norway during 2005-2009...

..To investigate whether exposure to methadone affects the risk of motor vehicle accident with personal injury...

..The impact of single-dose intake in non-daily users of benzodiazepines on the clinical picture of inebriation was also studied...

..M3G was shown to sensitize morphine induced locomotor activity in a similar way to morphine pretreatment. This suggests that morphine-glucuronide metabolites may play a role in the development of addiction to morphine...

..Examining the prevalence, incidence and persistence of use of etanercept and adalimumab in Norway during 2005-2009...

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..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dispensed anti-asthmatic medications as a proxy of asthma among children and adolescents aged 0-19 years in Norway...

..To evaluate the relationship between major heroin metabolites (morphine, morphine-6-glucoronide), pattern of drug use, and late impairment of psychomotor functions...

..This study shows that some patients reduced their use of benzodiazepines substantially after starting pregabalin...

..Whether this is true in a population of benzodiazepine users is uncertain. We studied the relationship in a population of suspected drugged drivers...

..The use of GGT as a marker of alcohol consumption in middle-aged persons should take into account sex, BMI and drinking of boiled coffee...

..In this registry-based study, we examined more than 100,000 Norwegian pregnancies and described the drug prescription pattern of both fathers and mothers around conception and during pregnancy (mothers)...

..When studying cirrhosis as the underlying cause of death, the inverse relationship becomes somewhat stronger. CONCLUSIONS: The present study confirms the existence of an inverse association between coffee consumption and liver cirrhosis...

..Heterozygous individuals with the CYP2C19*1/*2 genotype have a reduced capacity for metabolizing carisoprodol, and should probably be regarded as intermediate metabolizers of this drug...

..The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of codeine alone, without concomitant presence of morphine, on a clinical test for drunkenness (CTD) performed in relation to suspected drugged driving...

..Co-medication with interacting drugs increases the risk of statin-induced muscular side-effects. Simvastatin exhibits particularly high interaction potential due to substantial metabolism via cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4)...

..To examine the occurrence of chronic diseases and antimicrobial treatment in an asthma population 8-29 years old, compared with the general population...

..Coordination between treatment providers and police or courts can play an important role in improving outcomes through better access to treatment...

..To assess the changes in prescribing of statins in Norway after implementation of the new reimbursement regulations for statins in June 2005...

..To examine determinants of control of high blood pressure in Oslo, Norway...

..52-0.91) for women. This observational study, with OPA recorded in the 1970s and 1980s, suggested a slight protective effect for overweight by nonsedentary work for men and lower mortality by heavy OPA for both genders...

..On 1 August 2004 the manufacturer of the Rohypnol brand withdrew it from the Norwegian market. How did these two events influence the sales and use of drugs containing flunitrazepam?..

..Little information is available about Norwegian adolescents' use of medical drugs...

..This article describes the sales of SSRIs and other antidepressants from 1990 to 2004. The newly established Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) is used to establish the figures in more detail...

..5 times since 1990. At least two drugs are usually detected. The majority of offenders have been arrested earlier. This paper gives an overview of studies of impaired drivers...

..When serum concentrations and effect changes were followed over time, there was some right hand shifts with respect to locomotor activity, especially during the declining phase of the concentration curve and particularly for M6G...

..9903. Analysis of authentic positive blood specimens gave results that were slightly lower than those of the reference method...

..To assess the association between drinking behaviour among adolescents with both immigrant and native backgrounds with aspects of acculturation...

..International studies comparing methadone and buprenorphine in pregnancy have shown differing neonatal outcomes for the two medications...

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..A treatment program or other reactions, are thus necessary in addition to fines, prison penalty and suspension of driving licence...