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....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2018/rural-maryland-counties-communities-fight-back-against-opioid-crisis Comment; It’s great to see grassroots efforts so successful! By Brennen Jensen • Photos by Harry Giglio Some folks still call Kevin Simmers “Sarge”—a nod to his...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2714693 Comment; Primary care does an inadequate job of screening for alcoholism which affects 6% patients, a relatively small amount. Pay adequately for this service! E. Jennifer Edelman, MD,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/10826084.2017.1416408?scroll=top&needAccess=true& Nancy L. Sohler,Joanna L. Starrels,Laila Khalid,Marcus A. Bachhuber,Julia H. Arnsten,Shadi NahviAlbert Einstein Background: Chronic pain is common in the United...
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.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/gwu-grr100517.php The research team at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will look at how cocaine use affects HIV infection, replication, and transcription GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON (Oct. 5,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(17)30073-5/fulltext Summary Background Mounting evidence suggests that laws and policies prohibiting illegal drug use could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs...
