by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2757378 Comment; “Ambiguity tolerance” is the key to understand risk of opioid relapse–having a high tolerance for questionable outcome. OK. Sounds about right… Anna...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Opioid death rate in Orange County eclipses other Southern California counties Comment; Sad that the most effective treatment for opioid addiction is ignored by the very expensive private sector facilities in Orange County CA! Maybe more criminal than sad… Why...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.mooresvilletribune.com/news/local/budd-s-resolution-aims-to-end-stigma-urge-treatment-of/article_ce2e4a61-1f85-57aa-909d-1d12e156213a.html Comment; Promoting the facts that addiction is a chronic, treatable illness, in need of more evidence-based protocols...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/468486-the-nations-response-to-addiction-moving-from-rescue-to-recovery Comment; Medication-Assisted Treatment works. It belongs in the penal system as well, proof is starting to come out to what those of us in the addiction...
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://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3117.html Comment; Lots of good, useful information in this Rand report regarding synthetic opioids, especially Fentanyl and the fact that the biggest factor to it’s spread is not demand, but supply & the fact...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, ISEAI
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3140.html Comment; People who use drugs in the United States spent on the order of $150 billion on cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in 2016! That’s a LOT of “border walls” to slow the influx...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14737 Comment; As anticipated, folks in early addiction recovery stand a better chance at long-term abstinence with greater levels of personalized support, essentially hand-delivering them to further treatmentn after...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48297011 Comment; The opioid epidemic is expanding “across the pond” into the UK. There’s a lot of money in illicit drugs and very little conscience among criminals–only a matter of time… Hugh PymHealth...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Appeals court’s smart move paves the way for opioid addiction treatment in prisons and jails Comment; Many will be surprised to learn that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers addiction as a disability–WHEN the addicted is NOT USING...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/06/691746907/u-s-prosecutors-sue-to-stop-nation-s-first-supervised-injection-site Comment; I don’t think safe needle-exchange houses and places where illegal drugs are used, and in a sense promoted by the...
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...
