by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47258-6 Comment; Yet another reason to stop smoking, cigarette smoke worsens the virulence profile of Staph aureus causing increased biofilm production (among other things). Biofilms shield bacteria from antibiotics. Smoke...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2739048 Comment; The only surprise here is “filling a prescription before delivery”. Unsure why this would be necessary, could there be over-zealous prescribers involved? Alex...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48297011 Comment; The opioid epidemic is expanding “across the pond” into the UK. There’s a lot of money in illicit drugs and very little conscience among criminals–only a matter of time… Hugh PymHealth...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sportsmed.org/aossmimis/AnnualMeeting/Members/About/Press_Releases/2019-Annual-Meeting/AM19-NSAIDS-and-Reduced-Opioid-Use.aspx Comment; A good start to figuring who needs what for analgesia, Ibuprofen as an anti-inflammatory is a good pain reliever for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://newsroom.heart.org/news/antioxidant-compound-from-soybeans-may-prevent-marijuana-induced-blood-vessel-damage?preview=62d3 Comment; Cannabinoids have many beneficial properties, to be able to block adverse reactions while benefitting from benefits seems to be a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/204923/hospital-medicine/opioid-utilization-and-perception-pain-control Comment; it would be interesting to see what other countries do for pain control for similar situations as “typical”...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881119857204 Comment; This is an area where research is needed, limited research done to date show potential benefits. More study is needed. Kim PC Kuypers1Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2737918 Comment; I’ve been treating cannabis abuse with CBD’s, & N-Acetyl Cysteine, use of Nabiximols with cognitive behavioral and other forms of therapy appears to be a great option....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4134 Comment; I trained before the restrictions were enacted. It was tough, but realistic to what I saw at times in my practice career. Am surprised that there was no significant impact on patient outcomes. Anupam B Jena, Ruth L...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Combined online self-management for pain, associated anxiety and depression works Comment; Online, self-help programs can be helpful, but as this article demonstrates, they cannot completely replace human interaction. My personal bias also includes physical contact,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2737641 Comment; An ongoing necropsy of the opioid epidemic–yet we now know that most opioid abuse is due to “street” drugs, not prescribed pharmaceuticals. Lorraine...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1533256X.2019.1640019 Comment; Interesting. I thought the type of preferred substance abuse was more genetically implanted. Some folks prefer alcohol, others stimulants, some opioids and perhaps others hallucinogens or...
