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Nicholas Lintzeris

Nicholas Lintzeris

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
10420
World Ranking
2311
National Ranking
166

Overview

Nicholas Lintzeris is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a significant research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Several frequent collaborators have contributed to a substantial number of publications with Lintzeris, notably:

  • Adrian Dunlop (42 publications)
  • Llewellyn Mills (31 publications)
  • Nadine Ezard (21 publications)
  • Michael Farrell (21 publications)
  • Paul Haber (19 publications)

Their work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Review (20 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (6 publications)
  • BMJ Open (6 publications)
  • The Medical Journal of Australia (5 publications)

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Nicholas Lintzeris include:

  • "Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Harm Reduction Journal
  • "Pharmacological Treatment of Methamphetamine/Amphetamine Dependence: A Systematic Review," 2020, CNS Drugs
  • "Medical cannabis use in the Australian community following introduction of legal access: the 2018-2019 Online Cross-Sectional Cannabis as Medicine Survey (CAMS-18)," 2020, Harm Reduction Journal
  • "Oral THC:CBD cannabis extract for refractory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II crossover trial," 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • "Patient-Reported Outcomes of Treatment of Opioid Dependence With Weekly and Monthly Subcutaneous Depot vs Daily Sublingual Buprenorphine," 2021, JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • Nabiximols as an agonist replacement therapy during cannabis withdrawal: a randomized clinical trial.

    David J. Allsop;Jan Copeland;Nicholas Lintzeris;Adrian J. Dunlop

  • Opioid agonist treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependent people.

    Suzanne Nielsen;Briony K Larance;Louisa Degenhardt;Linda Gowing

  • Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction

    John Strang;Teodora Groshkova;Teodora Groshkova;Ambros Uchtenhagen;Wim van den Brink

  • Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Adrian Dunlop;Buddhima Lokuge;Debbie Masters;Marcia Sequeira

  • Opioid-Sparing Effect of Cannabinoids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Suzanne Nielsen;Pamela Sabioni;Jose M Trigo;Mark A Ware

  • Supervised injectable heroin or injectable methadone versus optimised oral methadone as treatment for chronic heroin addicts in England after persistent failure in orthodox treatment (RIOTT): a randomised trial

    John Strang;John Strang;Nicola Metrebian;Nicholas Lintzeris;Nicholas Lintzeris;Nicholas Lintzeris;Laura Potts

  • Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study

    Gabrielle Campbell;Wayne Hall;Wayne Hall;Amy Peacock;Nicholas Lintzeris

  • Cannabidiol (CBD) content in vaporized cannabis does not prevent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-induced impairment of driving and cognition

    Thomas R. Arkell;Nicholas Lintzeris;Richard C. Kevin;Johannes G. Ramaekers

  • Guidelines for the treatment of alcohol problems.

    Paul Haber;Nicholas Lintzeris;Elizabeth Proude;Olga Lopatko

  • Pharmacological Treatment of Methamphetamine/Amphetamine Dependence: A Systematic Review

    Krista J. Siefried;Krista J. Siefried;Liam S. Acheson;Nicholas Lintzeris;Nadine Ezard

  • Definitions related to the use of pharmaceutical opioids: Extramedical use, diversion, non‐adherence and aberrant medication‐related behaviours

    Briony Larance;Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Nick Lintzeris;Adam Winstock

  • Experience of adjunctive cannabis use for chronic non-cancer pain: findings from the Pain and Opioids IN Treatment (POINT) study.

    Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Nicholas Lintzeris;Gabrielle Campbell;Raimondo Bruno;Raimondo Bruno

  • Oral THC:CBD cannabis extract for refractory chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase II crossover trial

    P. Grimison;A. Mersiades;A. Kirby;N. Lintzeris

  • Benzodiazepine Use among Chronic Pain Patients Prescribed Opioids: Associations with Pain, Physical and Mental Health, and Health Service Utilization

    Suzanne Nielsen;Nicholas Lintzeris;Raimondo Bruno;Raimondo Bruno;Gabrielle Campbell

  • A randomized controlled trial of buprenorphine in the management of short-term ambulatory heroin withdrawal.

    Nicholas Lintzeris;James Bell;Gabriele Bammer;Damien J. Jolley

  • Benzodiazepines, methadone and buprenorphine: Interactions and clinical management

    Nicholas Lintzeris;Suzanne Nielsen

  • Medical cannabis use in the Australian community following introduction of legal access: the 2018–2019 Online Cross-Sectional Cannabis as Medicine Survey (CAMS-18)

    Nicholas Lintzeris;Llewellyn Mills;Anastasia Suraev;Maria Bravo

  • The Pain and Opioids in Treatment study: Characteristics of a cohort using opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain

    Gabrielle Campbell;Suzanne Nielsen;Raimondo Bruno;Raimondo Bruno;Nicholas Lintzeris

  • Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in women attending drug treatment services.

    Kirsten I. Black;Christine Stephens;Paul S. Haber;Nicholas Lintzeris

  • Pharmaceutical Opioid Use and Dependence among People Living with Chronic Pain: Associations Observed within the Pain and Opioids in Treatment (POINT) Cohort.

    Gabrielle Campbell;Suzanne Nielsen;Briony Larance;Raimondo Bruno

  • Validation and implementation of the Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile in specialist drug and alcohol settings

    Anni Ryan;Jennifer Holmes;Vi Hunt;Adrian Dunlop

  • A comparison of buprenorphine treatment in clinic and primary care settings: a randomised trial

    Amy E Gibson;Christopher M Doran;James R Bell;Anni Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Raimondo Bruno
Raimondo Bruno University of Tasmania
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Mark Stoove
Mark Stoove Burnet Institute
Brian Draper
Brian Draper University of New South Wales
Gabriele Bammer
Gabriele Bammer Australian National University
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne
Fiona Shand
Fiona Shand University of New South Wales
Melissa M. Norberg
Melissa M. Norberg Macquarie University
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Jason Grebely
Jason Grebely University of New South Wales

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