By Associate Professor Natasa Gisev

Journal articles

de Oliveira Costa J; Bruno C; Baranwal N; Gisev N; Dobbins TA; Degenhardt L; Pearson SA, 2021, 'Variations in Long-term Opioid Therapy Definitions: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies Using Routinely Collected Data (2000-2019)', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, pp. 3706 - 3720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14798

Ilomaki J; Lalic S; Gisev N; Nielsen S, 2021, '1045Patterns, predictors and outcomes of opioid use in Australia: evidence for an epidemic?', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.309

Nielsen S; Gisev N; Leung J; Clare P; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Larance B; Blyth F; Hall W; Cohen M; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; Campbell G, 2021, 'Clinical correlates and outcomes associated with pregabalin use among people prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: A five-year prospective cohort study', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, pp. 3092 - 3104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14715

Sutherland R; Jayathilake R; Peacock A; Dietze P; Bruno R; Reddel S; Gisev N, 2021, 'Trends and characteristics of extra-medical use of quetiapine among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2011–2018', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108636

Santo T; Campbell G; Gisev N; Tran LT; Colledge S; Di Tanna GL; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Prevalence of childhood maltreatment among people with opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108459

Gisev N; Brett J; Peacock A, 2020, 'Extra-medical use of antipsychotics: what can be learnt from experiences with other prescription medicines?', Addiction, 115, pp. 1203 - 1205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14823

Sutherland R; Dietze PM; Gisev N; Bruno R; Campbell G; Memedovic S; Peacock A, 2020, 'Patterns and correlates of prescribed and non-prescribed pregabalin use among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 568 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13083

Lalic S; Gisev N; Bell JS; Ilomäki J, 2020, 'Transition to high-dose or strong opioids: a population-based study of people initiating opioids in Australia', Addiction, 115, pp. 1088 - 1097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14926

Schaffer AL; Cairns R; Brown JA; Gisev N; Buckley NA; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Changes in sales of analgesics to pharmacies after codeine was rescheduled as a prescription only medicine', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 321 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50552

Santo T; Larance B; Bruno R; Gisev N; Nielsen S; Degenhardt L; Campbell G, 2020, 'Correlates of indicators of potential extra-medical opioid use in people prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 128 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13021

Peacock A; Gisev N; Memedovic S; Larance B; Brown J; Cairns R; Buckley N; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2020, 'Opioid use and harms associated with a sustained-release tapentadol formulation: A post-marketing surveillance study.', Drug Alcohol Depend, 206, pp. 107697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107697

Gisev N; Nielsen S; Campbell G; Santo T; Mant A; Bruno R; Cohen M; Hall WD; Larance B; Lintzeris N; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Antidepressant Use among People Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain', Pain Medicine United States, 20, pp. 2450 - 2458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz009

Roxburgh A; Hall WD; Gisev N; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Characteristics and circumstances of heroin and pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths: Comparison across opioids', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.035

Peacock A; Bruno R; Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Hall W; Sedefov R; White J; Thomas KV; Farrell M; Griffiths P, 2019, 'New psychoactive substances: challenges for drug surveillance, control, and public health responses', Lancet, 394, pp. 1668 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32231-7

Jones NR; Shanahan M; Dobbins T; Degenhardt L; Montebello M; Gisev N; Larney S, 2019, 'Reductions in emergency department presentations associated with opioid agonist treatment vary by geographic location: A retrospective study in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 690 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12976

Peacock A; Chiu V; Leung J; Dobbins T; Larney S; Gisev N; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Protocol for the Data-Linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS): Investigating mortality, morbidity and offending among people with an alcohol-related problem using linked administrative data', BMJ Open, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030605

Gisev N; Bharat C; Larney S; Dobbins T; Weatherburn D; Hickman M; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'The effect of entry and retention in opioid agonist treatment on contact with the criminal justice system among opioid-dependent people: a retrospective cohort study', Lancet Public Health, 4, pp. e334 - e342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30060-X

Lalic S; Bell JS; Gyllensten H; Gisev N; Friberg E; Ilomaki J; Sluggett JK; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Alexanderson K, 2019, 'Trajectories of sickness absence and disability pension before and after opioid initiation for noncancer pain: A 10-year population-based study', Pain, 160, pp. 1224 - 1233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001500

Gisev N; Pearson SA; Larance B; Larney S; Blanch B; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'A population-based study of transdermal fentanyl initiation in Australian clinical practice', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75, pp. 401 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-018-2588-0

Lalic S; Ilomäki J; Bell JS; Korhonen MJ; Gisev N, 2019, 'Prevalence and incidence of prescription opioid analgesic use in Australia', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 85, pp. 202 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.13792

Campbell G; Lintzeris N; Gisev N; Larance B; Pearson S; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Regulatory and other responses to the pharmaceutical opioid problem', Medical Journal of Australia, 210, pp. 6 - e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.12047

Gisev N; Pearson SA; Dobbins T; Currow DC; Blyth F; Larney S; Dunlop A; Mattick RP; Wilson A; Degenhardt L, 2018, 'Combating escalating harms associated with pharmaceutical opioid use in Australia: The POPPY II study protocol', BMJ Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025840

Gisev N; Campbell G; Lalic S; Larney S; Peacock A; Nielsen S; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2018, 'Current Opioid Access, Use, and Problems in Australasian Jurisdictions', Current Addiction Reports, 5, pp. 464 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-018-0227-6

Blanch B; Degenhardt L; Buckley NA; Gisev N; Dobbins T; Karanges EA; Larance B; Larney S; Pearson SA, 2018, 'Prescription opioid access patterns and factors associated with increasing number of prescribers, pharmacies, and dispensings: An observational study using pharmaceutical claims', Pain Medicine United States, 19, pp. 1170 - 1183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnx035

Gisev N; Pearson SA; Karanges EA; Larance B; Buckley NA; Larney S; Dobbins T; Blanch B; Degenhardt L, 2018, 'To what extent do data from pharmaceutical claims under-estimate opioid analgesic utilisation in Australia?', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 27, pp. 550 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.4329

Larance B; Gisev N; Cama E; Nelson EC; Darke S; Larney S; Degenhardt L, 2018, 'Predictors of transitions across stages of heroin use and dependence prior to treatment-seeking among people in treatment for opioid dependence', Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Gisev N; Larance B; Cama E; Nielsen S; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Degenhardt L, 2018, 'A nationwide study of the extent and factors associated with fentanyl use in Australia', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 14, pp. 303 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.04.002

Lalic S; Gisev N; Bell JS; Korhonen M; Ilomaki J, 2018, 'Predictors of persistent prescription opioid analgesic use among people without cancer in Australia', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84, pp. 1267 - 1278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.13556

Lalic S; Jokanovic N; Ilomäki J; Gisev N; Lloyd B; Lubman DI; Bell JS, 2018, 'Harms associated with extramedical use of prescription opioid analgesics in Australia: A scoping review', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.07.001

Larance B; Degenhardt L; Peacock A; Gisev N; Mattick R; Colledge S; Campbell G, 2017, 'Pharmaceutical opioid use and harm in Australia: The need for proactive and preventative responses', Drug and Alcohol Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12617

Roxburgh A; Hall WD; Dobbins T; Gisev N; Burns L; Pearson S; Degenhardt L, 2017, 'Trends in heroin and pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 179, pp. 291 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.018

Nielsen S; Gisev N; Bruno R; Hall W; Cohen M; Larance B; Campbell G; Shanahan M; Blyth F; Lintzeris N; Pearson S; Mattick R; Degenhardt L, 2017, 'Defined daily doses (DDD) do not accurately reflect opioid doses used in contemporary chronic pain treatment', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 26, pp. 587 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.4168

Nielsen S; Degenhardt L; Hoban B; Gisev N, 2016, 'A synthesis of oral morphine equivalents (OME) for opioid utilisation studies', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 733 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3945

Degenhardt L; Gisev N; Cama E; Nielsen S; Larance B; Bruno R, 2016, 'The extent and correlates of community-based pharmaceutical opioid utilisation in Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 521 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3931

Gisev N; Nielsen S; Cama E; Larance B; Bruno R; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'An ecological study of the extent and factors associated with the use of prescription and over-the-counter codeine in Australia', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 72, pp. 469 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-015-1995-8

Gisev N; Pearson SA; Blanch B; Larance B; Dobbins T; Larney S; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'Initiation of strong prescription opioids in Australia: cohort characteristics and factors associated with the type of opioid initiated', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, pp. 1123 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.13026

Gisev N; Shanahan M; Weatherburn DJ; Mattick RP; Larney S; Burns L; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'A cost-effectiveness analysis of opioid substitution therapy upon prison release in reducing mortality among people with a history of opioid dependence', Addiction, 110, pp. 1975 - 1984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13073

Hoban B; Larance B; Gisev N; Nielsen S; Cohen M; Bruno R; Shand F; Lintzeris N; Hall W; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) among a community sample of people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids', International Journal of Clinical Practice, 69, pp. 1366 - 1376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12716

Gisev N; Larney S; Kimber J; Burns L; Weatherburn D; Gibson A; Dobbins T; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22 year data linkage study', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

Burns L; Gisev N; Larney S; Dobbins T; Gibson A; Kimber J; Larance B; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'A longitudinal comparison of retention in buprenorphine and methadone treatment for opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia', Addiction, 110, pp. 646 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12834

Nielsen S; Degenhardt L; Hoban B; Gisev N, 2015, 'A synthesis of oral morphine equivalents (OME) for opioid utilisation studies', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 733 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3945

Degenhardt L; Blanch B; Gisev N; Larance B; Pearson S, 2015, 'The POPPY Research Programme protocol: Investigating opioid utilisation, costs and patterns of extramedical use in Australia', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e007030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007030

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e168 - e168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.373

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2015, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e260 - e260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.173

Gisev N; Gibson A; Larney S; Kimber J; Williams M; Clifford A; Doyle M; Burns L; Butler T; Weatherburn DJ; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Offending, custody and opioid substitution therapy treatment utilisation among opioid-dependent people in contact with the criminal justice system: Comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', BMC Public Health, 14, pp. 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-920

Gisev N; Bell JS; Chen TF, 2014, 'A retrospective study of psychotropic drug use among individuals with mental illness issued a community treatment order', International Journal of Clinical Practice, 68, pp. 236 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12276

Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Larance B; Gibson A; Kimber J; Burns L, 2014, 'A comparative study of opioid substitution therapy utilisation among opioid-dependent men and women', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 499 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12151

Gisev N; Bell JS; Chen TF, 2014, 'Factors associated with antipsychotic polypharmacy and high-dose antipsychotics among individuals receiving compulsory treatment in the community', Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 34, pp. 307 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000000098

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Gisev N; Trevena J; Burns L; Kimber J; Shanahan M; Butler T; Mattick RP; Weatherburn D, 2014, 'Imprisonment of opioid-dependent people in New South Wales, Australia, 2000-2012: A retrospective linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 165 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12123

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004666

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