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Tyler Varisco

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentPharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
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    1. Pennington EL, Barner JC, Brown CM, Moczygemba LR, Patel DA, Varisco TJ. Antidepressant adherence using group-based trajectory modeling among postpartum women with Texas Medicaid. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2025 Feb 01; 31(2):167-178. PMID: 39912818; PMCID: PMC11852796.
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    2. Anyanwu P, Olateju OA, Tata V, Varisco T, Gilbert LR, Ogunsanya ME, Essien EJ, Johnson ML, Thornton JD. Understanding the financial barriers to treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder: a focus group study. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Dec 20; 21(1):220. PMID: 39707438; PMCID: PMC11660775.
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    3. Chi W, Song J, Varisco TJ. Retrospective claims data analysis of ASCT characteristics and costs for working-age, multiple myeloma patients in the US, 2017-2019. Leuk Res Rep. 2025; 23:100496. PMID: 39811411; PMCID: PMC11730578.
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    4. Li J, Hutton GJ, Varisco TJ, Lin Y, Essien EJ, Aparasu RR. Comparative effectiveness of high-efficacy and moderate efficacy disease-modifying agents in reducing the annualized relapse rates among multiple sclerosis patients in the United States. Prev Med. 2025 Jan; 190:108180. PMID: 39557306.
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    5. Shamsi A, Varisco T, De La Cruz A, El-Desoky R, Wanat M, Coyle E, Varkey D. Association of Emotional Intelligence With Pharmacy Students' Leadership and Academic Performance. Am J Pharm Educ. 2024 Dec; 88(12):101335. PMID: 39557212.
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    6. Li J, Hutton GJ, Varisco TJ, Lin Y, Essien EJ, Aparasu RR. Infection Risk Associated with High-Efficacy Disease-Modifying Agents in Multiple Sclerosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Feb; 117(2):561-569. PMID: 39547934.
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    7. Li J, Hutton GJ, Varisco TJ, Lin Y, Essien EJ, Aparasu RR. Factors associated with the initiation of high-efficacy disease-modifying agents over moderate-efficacy disease-modifying agents in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Nov; 91:105896. PMID: 39342811.
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    8. Tolleson S, Diec S, Listiyo D, Al-Mallah A, Varisco T. Assessing the relationship between curricular placement of law courses and multistate pharmacy jurisprudence examination pass rates. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2024 Dec; 16(12):102202. PMID: 39293210.
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    9. Thornton JD, Varisco T, Patel H, Shrestha M, Wanat M, Schaefer E, Leslie D, Zhao H, Saadi RA, Shen C. Characterising incident opioid use among incident users of prescription sedative hypnotics: A national cohort study. BMJ Open. 2024 05 30; 14(5):e082339. PMID: 38816043; PMCID: PMC11138274.
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    10. Varisco TJ, Fish H, Bolin J, Dadiomov D, Hill LG, Essien EJ, Wanat MA, Ginsburg D, Waggener J, Yazdanfard S, Song J, Chi W, Thornton D. Protocol for the development of a consensus practice guideline To address clinical and regulatory barriers to buprenorphine dispensing in community pharmacy. Arch Public Health. 2024 Apr 25; 82(1):58. PMID: 38664777; PMCID: PMC11044383.
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    11. Lyu N, Rowan PJ, Abughosh S, Varisco TJ, Lin Y, Chen H. Trajectories and Predictors for the Development of Clinically Significant Weight Gain in Children and Adolescents Prescribed Second-Generation Antipsychotics. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2024 05; 34(4):201-209. PMID: 38407930.
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    12. Chi W, Okeke C, Thornton D, Chen H, Sadeghi A, Varisco TJ. Leveraging prescription monitoring program data to evaluate the implementation of buprenorphine telehealth flexibilities: An interrupted time series analysis in Texas. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2024 Mar; 10:100222. PMID: 38463634; PMCID: PMC10920117.
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    13. Lyu N, Abughosh S, Varisco TJ, Lin Y, Rowan PJ, Chen H. Group-Based Trajectory Modeling to Identify Patterns of Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain Among Children and Adolescents. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 44(2):124-132. PMID: 38259102.
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    14. Chi W, Song J, Yazdanfard S, Daggolu J, Varisco TJ. Why the increase? Examining the rise in prescription medication expenditures in the United States between 2011 and 2020. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2024 04; 20(4):432-442. PMID: 38302297.
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    15. Yazdanfard S, Thornton D, Bhatt P, Fatima B, Khalid J, Song J, Varisco TJ. Regional Variation in Opioid-Related Emergency Medical Services Transfers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Jan; 45(1):74-80. PMID: 38258862.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    16. Thornton JD, Varisco T, Bhatt M Econ P, Olateju O, Shrestha M, Shen C. Productivity Loss Among Opioid and Benzodiazepine Users in the United States: A Medical Expenditure Panel Survey From 2010 to 2019. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Mar 01; 66(3):226-233. PMID: 38151973; PMCID: PMC10922134.
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    17. Tata V, Al Saadi R, Cho SK, Varisco TJ, Wanat M, Thornton JD. Physician perspective on the implementation of risk mitigation strategies when prescribing opioid medications: a qualitative analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Oct 31; 23(1):1185. PMID: 37907915; PMCID: PMC10617230.
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    18. Wang EM, Varisco TJ, Thornton JD, Varkey DA, Wanat MA. Student-led podcasts to enhance literature evaluation skills. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 Nov; 15(11):968-973. PMID: 37714755.
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    19. Huang Y, Aparasu RR, Varisco TJ. Outpatient opioid prescribing by Alzheimer's diagnosis among older adults with pain in United States. BMC Geriatr. 2023 08 01; 23(1):465. PMID: 37528367; PMCID: PMC10394812.
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    20. Varisco T, Patel H, Saadi RA, Wanat M, Thornton D. Patients prefer free drug disposal options delivered by pharmacists at the point of care: Results of a decision tree analysis of a national factorial vignette panel survey. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 06; 116:104045. PMID: 37156066.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Olateju OA, Zeng Z, Adenaiye OO, Varisco TJ, Zakeri M, Sujit SS. Investigation of racial differences in survival from non-small cell lung cancer with immunotherapy use: A Texas study. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:1092355. PMID: 36698397; PMCID: PMC9869031.
      Citations: 3     
    22. Imarhia FI, Sulaica EM, Varisco T, Pilate M. Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Safety of Alirocumab Use in Statin-Intolerant Veterans. Fed Pract. 2021 Nov; 38(Suppl 4):e67-e71. PMID: 35136343; PMCID: PMC8820199.
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    23. Thornton JD, Varisco TJ, Downs CG. Factors associated with the use of the prescription monitoring program by prescribers and pharmacists in Texas. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2021 04; 30(4):492-503. PMID: 33458926.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Thornton JD, Varisco TJ, Bapat SS, Downs CG, Shen C. Impact of COVID-19 Related Policy Changes on Buprenorphine Dispensing in Texas. J Addict Med. 2020 12; 14(6):e372-e374. PMID: 33031213; PMCID: PMC8194032.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    25. Varisco TJ, Johnson ML, Thornton D. Comment on Arshad et al.: Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 10; 99:373. PMID: 32771630; PMCID: PMC7409789.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    26. Varisco TJ, Downs CG, Rathburn KR, Fleming ML, Thornton JD. Applying the capability, opportunity, motivation, and behavior model to identify opportunities to increase pharmacist comfort dispensing naloxone in Texas: A structural equation modeling approach. Int J Drug Policy. 2020 09; 83:102827. PMID: 32589581.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Varisco T, Shen C, Thornton D. Chronic prescription opioid use predicts stabilization on buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 10; 117:108073. PMID: 32811630; PMCID: PMC7451120.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Downs CG, Varisco TJ, Bapat SS, Shen C, Thornton JD. Impact of COVID-19 related policy changes on filling of opioid and benzodiazepine medications. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021 01; 17(1):2005-2008. PMID: 33317769; PMCID: PMC7738763.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Fleming ML, Bapat SS, Varisco TJ. Using the theory of planned behavior to investigate community pharmacists' beliefs regarding engaging patients about prescription drug misuse. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2019 08; 15(8):992-999. PMID: 30442574.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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