by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Judge orders full release of redacted lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin Comment; “Purdue lied, people died”. Absolutely accurate. These executives would be lucky to get life in prison if there were any justice in this world. They have...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Overzealous use of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline is harming pain patients Comment: Good intentions don’t mean good results. Laws& regulations can have unintended consequences that we’re seeing now. Despite the fact that most addicts are NOT...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/recovery-to-relapse-one-womans-heartbreaking-struggle-to-overcome-addiction/25226711 Comments; Relapse is actually a diagnostic criterion for addiction! <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vM8zI9Fp0hrYPFmIdJNwsZ5biDFlyE2m Comment; Prefrontal, frontal & frontotemporal excitability have been ASSOCIATED with use of cell phones. It’s also important to keep in mind that we don’t have a “pure” lab experiment. How can we...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://consumer.healthday.com/pregnancy-information-29/pregnancy-risks-news-546/meth-opioid-use-in-pregnancy-on-the-rise-740133.html Comment; Doubling of stimulant addiction, opioid use increasing 5-fold, increased risk of death to Mom’s using stimulants and...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/addiction-news-6/many-young-juul-users-may-not-know-they-re-addicted-738815.html Comment; ECigarettes can be used to help folks who know that they’re addicted stop smoking—there are fewer toxins overall in...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.popsci.com/retrovirus-dna-drug-addiction Comment; Fascinating! A human DNA retrovirus that could be backloading genetic information that predisposes addiction into the genome of some people. What are the predisposing factors/behaviors/genetics? So much...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-28/more-americans-die-from-overdoses-and-suicide-than-diabetes Wow! Lethality of addiction & suicide (so often linked) is worse than diabetes?!? That’s amazing & terrifying! By Michelle Cortez Michelle Cortez...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
De-stigmatizing addiction in rural Pennsylvania Comment; Well-written article on how words matter when describing folks suffering from this lethal illness and how we don’t stigmatize diabetics or coronary artery disease patients—we treat them! We need to do the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://time.com/5413761/beautiful-boy-film/?xid=tcoshare Comment; It’s such a difficult disease to treat—so many times I thought a patient had no chance; “one foot in the grave, another on a banana peel”, then they’d come in for a routine visit and it was evident that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2018/11/n-shedding-light-on-addiction-umn-students-grapple-with-limited-addiction-resources Comment; Lack of resources for recovery in colleges and universities is a problem that should be addressed. Young people, away from home for the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bustle.com/p/why-its-important-to-be-explicit-when-we-talk-about-substance-use-13091482?fbclid=IwAR2ZmSofmVBB91vxQ_IvRY1h_eHhRy9JmV9D-juhNrGKQ7kll0N46sa3F-w Comment; It’s essential to destigmatize this disease; “We’re only as sick as our...