by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Naloxone: How Overdose-Reversing Drug Saved Demi Lovato, Thousands More Demi Lovato relapsed on opioids and could have died had she not been administered the life-saving drug — so why is it controversial? ANNAMARYA SCACCIA Narcan nasal spray, a form of the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/12/senate-report-opioids-distribution/ Lev Facher Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES W ASHINGTON — A Senate report released Thursday lays out systematic failures in the reporting system for suspicious opioid orders,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/asam/72347 Ian Ingram, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage TodayApril 15, 2018 SAN DIEGO — In a 3-month span, 12.7% of patients undergoing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder who were given...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Fulltext/2018/04000/An_Innovative_Model_for_Naloxone_Use_Within_an_OTP.5.aspx Katzman, Joanna G. MD, MSPH; Takeda, Mikiko Y. PharmD, MS; Bhatt, Snehal R. MD; Moya Balasch, Monica MS; Greenberg, Nina MS; Yonas, Howard...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/health/medication-assisted-treatment-opioid-azar/index.html Nadia Kounang. FDA to broaden access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction By Nadia Kounang, CNN Many addiction specialists favor medication-assisted treatment...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/health/naloxone-reversal-success-study/index.html By Nadia Kounang, As the opioid overdose epidemic continues to surge, public health officials and first responders have turned to naloxone, the drug that reverses overdose, to help combat...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-md-library-opioid-resources-0809-story.html Mina Haq and Jon KelveyThe Baltimore Sun Three local library systems are training staff in the use of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and others are considering the move as more...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/06/01/naloxone-for-police-dogs June 01, 2017 By Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press Massachusetts State Police started carrying naloxone for their K-9s in March. Police in Hartford, Connecticut, started in January. Police dogs simply...