by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-019-0534-1 Comment; The thalamus is involved in emotions/limbic system, the caudate nucleus with associative learning and inhibitory control–these areas were involved in functional MRI. This is a good study involving males...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Years_of_Life_Lost_due_to_Opioid_Overdose_in_Ohio_.99325.aspx Comment; Unbelievable devastation, half a million years of life lost, mainly due to surreptitious fentanyl exposure, most of which is...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2019/09/10/the-health-202-states-face-an-opioid-funding-cliff-next-year/5d768e26602ff171a5d734ef/ Comment; A reflection on the uncertainty regarding continued funding which is necessary to cover the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.393 Comment; As expected, Buprenorphine is safe for adolescents, seems a safer/better choice than either Methadone or Naltrexone–all of which are effective Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80(4), 393–402...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Self_reported_Health_Diagnoses_and_Demographic.99327.aspx Comment; Bottom line? Kratom seems to work better at easing transition from drug dependency and those who self-medicate mental illness...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/82477 Comment; Brief review of the problems treating addiction in the US from the front line, a physician addiction specialist with decades of practice AND personal decades of recovery. y Paul H. Earley, MD,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/treatment-centers-sue-unitedhealth-unit-for-5m-in-denied-claims/562931/ Comment; I’m no fan of managed care organizations/insurance companies, having been robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars for care properly delivered...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 Comment; Brief summary of how Purdue Pharma and the Stackler family in particular essentially single-handedly caused the North American opioid epidemic through misleading information presented to the US Medical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html Comment; Vaping is NOT safe, BUT, it’s a lot SAFER than smoking tobacco. I find it can be VERY effective in helping motivated patients quit smoking–better than patches,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012969 Comment; It’s good to “know the enemy” and identify those at risk, this paper identifies those at greatest risk from heart infections from IV drug abuse. Amer N. Kadri, Bryan...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2751390 Comment; It’s not surprising that so many of these social wellness metrics are not routinely screened for in all practices–physicians have so many other functions competing for their...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/02/hiv-opiods-cabell-west-virginia-1668389 Comment; The opioid epidemic and fentanyl are bad enough, adding HIV into the mix is unimaginable. Unfortunately, I think needle exchanges & pre-exposure prophylaxis are necessary....
