Addiction Medicine
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Do the data support psychedelics in addiction therapy?
“In a supervised setting, as is the case with studies involving psychotherapeutic support, we can no longer say, in this day and age, that...
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Four factors complicate treating OUD in primary care
Inflexible scheduling and conflicting attitudes on expanding buprenorphine and naltrexone services are among barriers, survey respondents say.
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Medications for opioid addiction significantly underutilized
“More than 80,000 people are dying of a drug overdose involving an opioid every year, while safe and effective medicines to treat opioid use...
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OxyContin marketing push still exacting a deadly toll, study says
The authors say their findings support the view that the opioid epidemic is creating a converging public health crisis, as it is fueling a surge...
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A new and completely different pain medicine
Patients assigned to the highest dose of VX-548 had a statistically significant lower cumulative amount of pain in the 48 hours after surgery.
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Nonalcohol substance use disorder tied to bariatric surgery
Only gastric bypass was associated with an increased incidence of nonalcoholic substance use disorder.
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Oxycodone tied to persistent use only after vaginal delivery
Oxycodone receipt was not associated with persistent opioid use, compared with codeine.
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Reassuring data on stimulants for ADHD in kids and later substance abuse
Experts hope the study findings will quell the stigma surrounding stimulant use by children with ADHD.
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Women increasingly dying of alcohol-related causes
“There are risks of alcohol that are unique to women for a variety of reasons, including differences in metabolism and the impact of hormones, as...
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Most Americans in favor of regulated therapeutic psychedelics
When asked who should be eligible for treatment with psychedelics, 80% said that they were comfortable with its use for those with terminal...
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‘Body size is not a choice’ and deserves legal protections
Weight-based discrimination in the United States has increased by an estimated 66% over the past decade, putting it on par with the prevalence of...