by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ;...
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...
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...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/addiction/news/online/%7Bc42db92d-0c66-42f3-90c7-2cf4cc093dd4%7D/top-stories-to-kick-off-national-drug-and-alcohol-facts-week Today marks the first day of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, a national health awareness week that...