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Last published 2025
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Azizi Ray

Researcher

Also affiliated: Mercer University (2018–2019); University of New Mexico (2025); Mercer University Health Sciences Center (2018–2020)

Faculty Researcher

4 h-index 10 pubs 95 cited

  • Male
  • Animals
  • Corpus Striatum
  • Dopamine
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats
  • Mice
  • Gabapentin
  • Buprenorphine
  • Humans
  • Naltrexone
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Opiate Substitution Treatment

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Azizi Ray's research focuses on substance abuse treatment, particularly the use of gabapentin as an adjunct during outpatient buprenorphine tapering for opioid use disorder. Ray has investigated the impact of fentanyl on treatment outcomes within this protocol and explored gabapentin's role during the taper and transition to injectable naltrexone in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. This work contributes to understanding pharmacological interventions for opioid use disorder and its management.

Ray has authored 10 publications and has an h-index of 4 with 95 citations. Key collaborators include Michael J. Mancino, Alison Oliveto, J. Benjamin Guise, and Jeff D. Thostenson, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom Ray has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 10
  • Citations: 95

Selected Publications

  • Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of gabapentin during outpatient buprenorphine-assisted taper and transition to injectable naltrexone (2025)
    The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • THE IMPACT OF FENTANYL ON TREATMENT OUTCOMES DURING AN OUTPATIENT BUPRENORPHINE TAPER WITH ADJUNCT GABAPENTIN (2024)
    Drug and Alcohol Dependence DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

7 Collaborators 3 Institutions 1 Country

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