by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Addiction-Treatment-on-wheels-mdash-now-we-re-14995497.php Comment; “Meet ’em where they need ya!” This is a lethal, terminal illness, providing hope as well as medication is important to gain trust &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.journalofsubstanceabusetreatment.com/article/S0740-5472(19)30250-8/fulltext Comment; Methamphetamine use is a risk factor for buprenorphine patients leaving the buprenorphine program and relapsing. The longer somebody is on BUP, the more likely they are to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30616-X/fulltext Comment; We need to do better. I have an admitted bias for buprenorphine. This study shows unacceptable delay in getting these folks on medication, more Naltrexone use in younger populations. If the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/82477 Comment; Brief review of the problems treating addiction in the US from the front line, a physician addiction specialist with decades of practice AND personal decades of recovery. y Paul H. Earley, MD,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Recovery_From_Opioid_Problems_in_the_US.99342.aspx Comment; The first year is the hardest, the first attempt at recovery is the easiest–a gift, every subsequent attempt is progressively more...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article226289940.html Comment; Interesting that Harrah’s Casino, profiting on one form of addiction is at least contributing treatment for another form. Simply giving money to young people without...
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 | 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
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/08/23/west-africas-opioid-crisis Most of the pharmaceutical opioids seized in Africa were manufactured in India The Economist explains Aug 23rd 2018 by W.B. | DAKAR HALF-NAKED bodies writhe on the ground. A man...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00410.asp Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing information on: 1) the current status of a multistate outbreak of coagulopathy from exposure to synthetic cannabinoid products containing a vitamin...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-identify-key-brain-circuits-reward-seeking-avoidance-behavior Previously unrecognized pathways in mice have relevance for mental health and addiction research. Researchers mapped new connections in the extended...
