by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2719580 Comment; A three-fold increase in pediatric opioid deaths in the last 19 years, almost 9,000 children died from accidental opioid overdose. This is a national tragedy! Julie...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2718627 Comment; Long term treatment with naltrexone seems to work as well for anxiety, depression & insomnia as combination buprenorphine/naloxone...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/2018/12000/A_Multicountry_Updated_Assessment_of_the_Economic.10.aspx Comment; Not much new in this article, admission that the data is scarce and likely under-represents the true burden which is significant...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190107110837.htm Comment; Since 2000 there’s been a dramatic increase in both overdose & suicide, most of the overdose deaths & suicides involve opioids. It’s hard to determine suicide vs. accidental...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/is-marijuana-as-safe-as-we-think Comment; Insightful, thorough, well-researched article that starts with how much we don’t know about pot, goes through the associations/(causality?) between pot and various mental...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Comment; It was bound to happen eventually, that insurers would see the benefit of MAT. Rush Limbaugh famously says “follow the money”. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is much more cost-effective than multiple hospitalizations, Naloxone injections &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
http://www.biomolther.org/journal/view.html?uid=1034&vmd=Full Comment: Epicatechin’s ability to protect the brain is pretty amazing, especially considering the various pathways it affects to do so Youra Kang1, Ji-Ha Lee1, Young Ho Seo1, Jung-Hee Jang2, Chul-Ho...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.thefix.com/trump-calls-china-use-death-penalty-fentanyl-pushers Comment: This is a slippery slope. I am pro-life, don’t believe in death for addicts, but admit it would probably make dealers think twice about cutting cheap heroin with fentanyl… By Paul...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Updated Pa. guidelines say all ERs should treat addicted patients with medication Comment: I salute the ED physicians in PA behind this effort, it is a sensible addition to the treatment of opioid overdoses By Joel Wolfram December 10, 2018 Listen 1:15...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients Comment: Good intentions don’t mean good results. Laws& regulations can have unintended consequences that we’re seeing now. Despite the fact that most addicts are NOT...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Uncategorized
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=9000&issue=00000&article=99412&type=Abstract Comment; Younger, more likely to be admitted to the psychiatric unit with an abrupt increase following legalization of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2716982 Comment; Primary care providers treat more patients with psychiatric disorders than psychiatrists do. The perspective in this article is not surprising considering where it was published. The...
