by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/stakeholders-agree-modernize-the-privacy-laws-to-combat-opioid-epidemic Comment; This is an overdue good idea that will help open essential lines of communication. Am all for patient privacy, it’ll be a fine line...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2019/04000/Medicine_use_during_acute_and_chronic_postinjury.9.aspx Comment; Interesting that in Australia it’s the middle aged males who tend to use the most opioids, women more likely get NSAID’s and antidepressants...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Cannabis_Use_Based_on_Urine_Drug_Screens_in.99364.aspx Comment; Babies born to Mom’s who smoked pot had the same basic gestational age but weighed about a pound less. Hard Data. Hard to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hampton-nicholson-opioid-addiction-pain-treatment-20190403-story.html Comment; Excellent commentary. Pills are amoral; neither good nor bad. Purdue purposely misled everybody on the safety of Oxycontin and should be forced...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Medicaid removes prior authorization requirements for opioid addiction treatment medication Comment; Prior Authorizations are ridiculous. Insurers need to “credential” providers before allowing them “in network”, then throw more obstacles that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-la-county-marijuana-convictions-20190401-story.html Comment; Sounds like common sense which often seems uncommon in California though! By ALENE TCHEKMEDYIANAPR 01, 2019 | 6:00 PM Los Angeles...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/03/why-cocaine-is-setting-off-alarm-bells-for-federal-and-state-drug-enforcers-in-northeast-ohio.html Comment; dang those unlicensed purveyors of unlicensed molecules. Caveat emptor; buyer beware, you just don’t know what...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Medical_Burden_of_Disease_Among_Individuals_in.99371.aspx Comment; Alcohol and other drug use increase prevalence of a variety of illnesses. This study only looks at hepatitis C, chronic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190401133019.htm Comment; Most folks that I know wouldn’t consider 4 beers/d to be heavy use, brain’s, especially young ones, don’t do well with it though! April 1, 2019Source:Oregon Health & Science...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2729471?utm_source=JAMA_Network&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=032919 Comment; Consensus among scientists and researchers suggest that the short-term health risks of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/22/18262179/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-overdose-addiction-treatment Comment; One form of racial equality we’d rather not have! I like the concept of “low threshold treatment”! Raichelle “Ro” Johnson with...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oxycontin-maker-purdue-pharma-agrees-270-million-settlement-oklahoma-source-n987391 Comment; $270M sounds like a lot, but it’s very little compared to the damages done by this deceptive company that should be shut down with...
