by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/01/14/JNEUROSCI.3375-17.2018 Comment; It’s no surprise that cannabis is causing volumetric changes in various areas of the brain, or that those areas are key for where abnormal activity leads to abnormal behaviors. I...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2019/210/3/nicotine-and-other-potentially-harmful-compounds-nicotine-free-e-cigarette Comment; Why folks buy chemicals to burn into their lungs is a mystery to me, but I’ve never been a smoker. Suffice it to say that addiction...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2720914 Comment; It’s no secret that big pharma targets practitioners very successfully while posting huge profits. Look at the ads on prime-time TV–very expensive ads for unbelievably expensive...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18174768/trump-wall-opioid-epidemic-heroin Comment; The writer makes statements that don’t strike me as believable, essentially that a wall won’t impact the flow of illegal drugs into the country–that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6801a1.htm?s_cid=mm6801a1_w Comment; 1,643% increase in deaths from opioids, 260% increase in overdose deaths among all types of drugs. Sobering! 12-Step Recovery programs emphasize that a spiritual approach is needed for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/more-primary-care-doctors-specialists-prescribing-buprenorphine-to-treat-patients-for Comment; More bup prescribing—especially by primary care physicians is great. It’ll increase even more with improved...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2720587 Comment; It’s no surprise that vetrinary prescribing of opioids follow the patterns of human prescribing by physicians; pharmaceutical companies won’t miss a market! Dana...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/research-brief-hundreds-genes-affecting-tobacco-and-alcohol-use-discovered Comment; We’re still taking baby steps in this area, but at least we’re taking steps! 150 loci, 566 variants in 406 genomic locations for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30632103/ Comment; No great surprise here; a chronic illness that, with proper primary care, results in less overutilization of ED’s, better long-term recovery rates and overall health (& most likely patient satisfaction!)...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Predictors_for_30_Day_and_90_Day_Hospital.99391.aspx Comment; Buprenorphine works! We know that, now we know that it also reduces hospital re-admissions in a population with a chronic illness....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Judges and Lawyers Ignorant of MAT Require Urgent Education Efforts Comment; Sad that judges don’t know this basic information but good that they’re being educated! BY ELIZABETH BRICO / JANUARY 7, 2019 When Jarrod* went before a Clinton County,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.hhs.gov/blog/2019/01/03/new-hrsa-program-will-help-clinicians-and-patients.html Comment; The NHSC providng loan repayment for help in underserved areas with the opioid crisis is a good proactive move. January 3, 2019 By: George Sigounas MS, Ph.D.,...
