by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2756187 Comment; “By 2014, midlife mortality was increasing across all racial groups, caused by drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, suicides, and a diverse list of organ system diseases.” Add to this the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6468/1008 Comment; Medial frontal to brainstem bidirectional circuit that influences compulsive alcohol consumption in rats–probably can be scaled up to humans–more study needed to verify. Cody A....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(19)30848-X/fulltext Comment; Cannabis concentrate works better than flower, men respond better than women, migraine & HA are both helped, medication tolerance does develop but overuse was not...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.mooresvilletribune.com/news/local/budd-s-resolution-aims-to-end-stigma-urge-treatment-of/article_ce2e4a61-1f85-57aa-909d-1d12e156213a.html Comment; Promoting the facts that addiction is a chronic, treatable illness, in need of more evidence-based protocols...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/07/776135642/a-medication-to-treat-meth-addiction-some-take-a-new-look-at-naltrexone Comment; I’ve had anecdotal reports from patients that buprenorphine also helped with methamphetamine addiction. Knowing that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/11/15/with-safe-injection-sites-somebody-has-to-go-first-it-could-be-philadelphia?fbclid=IwAR2FHwltz7yPte8M1ea8oEDdW13_lq11LpOQXEZBcvoIH8QiFQsPiO7KUWY Comment; Controversial topic, am not totally...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://elifesciences.org/articles/46797 Comment; It appears that the emotional part of the brain builds stressors upon prior stressors while the physical aspects (heart rate, BP, etc.) become tolerant of successive stresses. Michael AP Bloomfield , Robert A...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(19)30437-9/fulltext Comment; in the past, we thought alcoholism and depression in adolescents were tightly linked–now, not so much… Katherine M. Keyes, Ph.D.a,∗,Correspondence information about the author Ph.D....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871619303394 Comment; Interesting premise, addicted folks have more positive AND negative life events, place more emphasis on the negative and are more likely to suffer alcohol, drug & gambling addictions....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
A new bill would let more doctors prescribe addiction treatments without waiting for insurers’ permission Comment; I HATE prior-authorizations (PA’s). The insurer-led process that requires a duly licensed (State Medical Board AND active DEA) to waste time online...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/468486-the-nations-response-to-addiction-moving-from-rescue-to-recovery Comment; Medication-Assisted Treatment works. It belongs in the penal system as well, proof is starting to come out to what those of us in the addiction...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191104112830.htm Comment; Opioids trigger receptors which open ion channels to cause nerve cell depolarization–transmission of nerve impulses. Cone snail produced conotoxins open ion channels by different mechanisms;...
