by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.journalofsubstanceabusetreatment.com/article/S0740-5472(19)30250-8/fulltext Comment; Methamphetamine use is a risk factor for buprenorphine patients leaving the buprenorphine program and relapsing. The longer somebody is on BUP, the more likely they are to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-019-1543-8 Comment; This article demonstrates essentially, at the cellular & molecular level, how our ancestors were more tuned in to their environment than we are. We can afford to be less aware since...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)31596-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124719315967%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Comment; The Striatum is a cluster of nerve cells below the forebrain involved in motor & reward...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(19)31854-2/fulltext Comment; The ventro-medial pre-frontal cortex is a key region of the brain involved in alcohol use disorder in mice. This can probably be extrapolated to humans, giving us another...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.inquirer.com/health/marijuana-addiction-adolescents-psychosis-abuse-vaping-penn-state-20191223.html Comment; The younger it’s started the worse it is, psychosis more likely in those with genetic predisposition, potency of pot today is up to 30% THC...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/local-news/2019/12/judge-drug-court-leading-to-success-stories/ Comment; Success in a rational drug-court program in which participants must earn advancement–the way it should be done. It’s been almost a year since the Compass...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/da.22976 Comment; This demonstrates specific phases of the recovery from trauma in terms of PTSD development after trauma. Defining the stages is the first step, coming up with stage-based interventions should follow....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cncr.32590 Comment; A linear relationship between amount of alcohol consumed and prevalence of cancer. 2018, the American Society of Clinical Oncology stated that more than 5% of new cancer cases were...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/11/19/JNEUROSCI.1466-19.2019 Comment; More basic bench research information coming in pointing toward possible ways to interrupt alcohol consumption reward stimulation pathways. Deep brain stimulation to help chronic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(19)30391-5/fulltext Comment; Dual use is more risky than either alone–no use at all is safest. No surprises there, and the fact that most folks use both. I’ve never been a smoker, but have treated enough folks...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Comment; Am not a big fan of vaping in general–but it CAN have a place in helping folks get off of tobacco as part of a mult-faceted approach. I think a ban on flavored products would have more impact than an overall ban on folks < 21 years old. President...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/12/09/new-york-reports-a-15-decline-in-opioid-deaths/#27d707c75f72 Comment; Thanks in part due to a statewide push to increase treatment beds and increased federal funding for services such as mobile treatment,...
