by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/treating-heroin-addiction-with-heroin-what-you-need-to-know-w494829 Annamarya Scaccia European programs offer medical-grade heroin for users to inject under strict supervision, and it’s helping – so why won’t it...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Faye Flam at fflam1@bloomberg.nethttps://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-21/neuroscience-offers-insights-into-the-opioid-epidemic To contact the author of this story: Addiction changes the brain in lasting ways, and some brains are more vulnerable than others....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31045-0/fulltext?dgcid=etoc-edschoice_email_aug5 Dr Annie Herbert, PhDCorrespondence information about the author Dr Annie HerbertEmail the author Dr Annie Herbert, Prof Ruth Gilbert, MD, Prof David...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Mass General Hospital addiction specialist explains fentanyl threat By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer As the opioid crisis rages across the United States, people suffering from addiction as well as the first responders, doctors, and counselors trying to help them...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Working With Addiction: A Popsicle Plant Helps To Lick The Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne If you’ve ever enjoyed a Budget Saver twin popsicle on a hot summer day, you can thank the employees of the Ziegenfelder frozen treat factory in Wheeling, West Virginia. Floor...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://amino.com/blog/opioid-epidemic-data-opioid-use-disorder/ Amino Home About Blog Employers Providers Sohan Murthy June 18, 2017 Back to all posts What data from 205 million private health insurance claims reveals about America’s opioid crisis In 2012, there...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/248.full.pdf+html?sid=b0843ec1-f430-409f-b8d5-3fbee97b1db4 Eriko Onishi, MD, Tadashi Kobayashi, MD, PhD, Eve Dexter, MS, Miguel Marino, PhD, Tetsuhiro Maeno, MD, PhD, and Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH Introduction: Far fewer opioids are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2017-05-10/why-its-risky-for-college-kids-to-take-adhd-meds-to-help-them-study By Jennifer Lea Reynolds, Many college students are taking stimulant medications designed to help manage attention deficit...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.history.com/news/americas-war-on-drugs-was-designed-to-fail-so-why-is-it-being-revived-now JUNE 16, 2017 By Nick Schou While much of the media is focused on Trump’s Russian skullduggery, America has quietly found itself enmeshed in the worst drug epidemic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/health-care-opioid-addiction-treatment?utm_term=.tmYOlpp71#.ow63zvvyM Dan Vergano Medicaid currently covers 3 in 10 people with an opioid addiction, and faces a proposed $830 billion cut. The new health care bill would, as written,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/20/in-just-one-year-nearly-1-3-million-americans-needed-hospital-care-for-opioid-related-issues/?utm_term=.0d535c08a6f7 By Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating Complications from opioid use have pushed...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/06/prweb14428850.htm emocha Mobile Health, a Baltimore-based startup company focused on medication adherence, today announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research award by the National Institute on Drug...