Addiction - Appalachian Wellness

SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITIES: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION

https://www.nastad.org/resource/supervised-injection-facilities-recommendations-action America’s opioid epidemic continues to cause unprecedented overdose deaths and fuel increases in new cases of hepatitis B and C, and HIV. According to the CDC, in 2016 over 64,000...

ASAM Weekly Editorial Comment

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment February 6, 2018 Tobacco Lite While Native Meso-Americans have been credited with the cultivation and use of tobacco for over two millennia, the middle of the 16th century saw the...

FDA panel gives qualified support to claims for ‘safer’ smoking device

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/01/25/80140/fda-panel-gives-qualified-support-to-claims-for-sa/ Philip Morris’ iQOS device heats tobacco but stops short of burning it, an approach the company says reduces exposure to tar and other toxic byproducts of burning...

Losing Paul: prescription-drug addiction will continue to kill

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/losing-paul-prescriptiondrug-addiction-will-continue-to-kill-20180106-h0ehyh.html Ann Finlay My son, Paul Fennessy, had a serious health issue. He was a young man struggling with physical and mental illnesses and substance misuse. The...

Opioid Prescription Control: When The Corrective Goes Too Far

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.healthaffairs.org/action/showDoPubSecure?doi=10.1377%2Fhblog20180117.832392&format=full& Stefan G. Kertesz Adam J. Gordon Sally L. Satel TOOLS SHARE As a way to stem the harms associated with prescription opioids, many health care entities...

Regulation of Office-Based Opioid Treatment

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.asam.org/advocacy/find-a-policy-statement/view-policy-statement/public-policy-statements/2018/01/18/regulation-of-office-based-opioid-treatment ASAM Background Office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) commonly refers to outpatient treatment services provided...

Nasal spray aimed at tackling gambling addiction to be trialled in Finland Researchers to test fast-working spray containing naloxone, a treatment usually given to opiate addicts that blocks production of dopamine

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/08/finnish-researchers-gambling-addiction-nasal-spray Could gambling addiction be treated with a nasal spray? A group of Finnish researchers are launching a study to find out. The fast-working spray contains naloxone, which...

Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.j5790 Gabriel A Brat, instructor in surgery1 2, Denis Agniel, postdoctoral fellow1, Andrew Beam, research scientist1, Brian Yorkgitis, assistant professor in surgery3, Mark Bicket, assistant professor in anesthesia4, Mark Homer,...

Social Media Impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety Communication Messaging About Zolpidem: Mixed-Methods Analysis

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://publichealth.jmir.org/2018/1/e1/#ref18 Michael S Sinha1, MD, JD, MPH ; Clark C Freifeld2, PhD ; John S Brownstein3, PhD ; Macarius M Donneyong4, MPH, PhD ; Paula Rausch5, PhD, RN ; Brian M Lappin5, MA ; Esther H Zhou5, MD, PhD ; Gerald J Dal Pan5, MD, MHS ;...

Follow the evidence to treat opioid addiction

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

Follow the evidence to treat opioid addiction By SARAH E. WAKEMAN and GARY MENDELL JANUARY 22, 2018 Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Doximity Republish Print TED S. WARREN/AP O n Friday, just days before President Trump’s declaration of the opioid epidemic as...

Mortality, Opioids & Tobacco

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/asam-weekly/asam-weekly-editorial-comment Mortality, Opioids & Tobacco In an editorial by Ilana Richman and Harlan Krumholz in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Online...