by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-18-685R Comment; It seems that the bureaucracy never ends; so much time spent talking about talking about talking and holding ever increasing meetings. Even in an “emergency”, government wheels turn slowly! Highlights: What GAO Found...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/412339-illicit-fentanyl-is-driving-overdose-deaths-but-expanded-access-to Comment; It’s totally ridiculous to continue caps & limitations on buprenorphine prescribing. BUP coverage should be mandated for ALL 3rd party...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.apnews.com/2bf839f545ca4ed98637c1a44ef854ec Comment; The Infrastructure of Care originated by Obama and expanded by Trump seems to be helping! RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CARLA K. JOHNSONOctober 23, 2018 FILE – In this June 26, 2018...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-lavender-science.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter Comment; It makes sense that lavender needs to be in contact with the olfactory neurons—the sense of smell—which is located adjacent...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hhs-will-aid-infants-and-mothers-affected-by-the-opioid-epidemic/2018/10/23/11a80158-d6db-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cbbc523d2a2d&wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief Comments; The most...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/addiction-news-6/many-young-juul-users-may-not-know-they-re-addicted-738815.html Comment; ECigarettes can be used to help folks who know that they’re addicted stop smoking—there are fewer toxins overall in...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Judges In California Losing Sway Over Court-Ordered Drug Treatment Comment; We still don’t know the best way to address these problems. Addicts often have additional criminal charges, often burglary, etc. We cannot turn a blind eye on the other issues going on so...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Workers Overdose On The Job, And Employers Struggle To Respond Comment; It’s unfortunately all to rare that a union or any other organization would take such a proactive stance on the problem in this epidemic. God Bless Them! Jimmy Sullivan has been a bricklayer for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://HTTP://WWW.NJSPOTLIGHT.COM/STORIES/18/09/16/EXPERTS-CALL-FOR-MORE-PROVIDERS-BETTER-ACCESS-TO-MEDS-TO-COMBAT-OPIOID-CRISIS/ Comment; “Show me the money” and eliminate the restrictions on Buprenorphine, make it easy to treat and provide adequate compensation for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/75253 It’s nice to see that the author can clearly identify many of the problems. Things will work better for us when our legislative bodies do so by Shannon Firth,Washington Correspondent, MedPage TodaySeptember 21,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2703480 Comment; It’s no surprise that this very base level of nonconformity would cause issues leading to a great deal of angst that would lead to self-medication in an attempt to numb the feelings....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.popsci.com/retrovirus-dna-drug-addiction Comment; Fascinating! A human DNA retrovirus that could be backloading genetic information that predisposes addiction into the genome of some people. What are the predisposing factors/behaviors/genetics? So much...
