by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/07/776135642/a-medication-to-treat-meth-addiction-some-take-a-new-look-at-naltrexone Comment; I’ve had anecdotal reports from patients that buprenorphine also helped with methamphetamine addiction. Knowing that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9kebnp/americas-jails-are-pretending-the-opioid-crisis-doesnt-exist Comment; I can see both sides of the problem. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) IS the “gold standard” of care, but there is a large component of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/19/695690652/aspiring-doctors-seek-advanced-training-in-addiction-medicine Comment; It’s great that these residents in Family Medicine have such an easy avenue into addiction medicine fellowships. I learned in...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
To Save Lives, Empower the Addiction Treatment Workforce Comment; There’s a big need for addiction treatment in this country. I agree. There is also a need to get patients to the providers who are able to provide care. These providers already register with the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Comment; It was bound to happen eventually, that insurers would see the benefit of MAT. Rush Limbaugh famously says “follow the money”. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is much more cost-effective than multiple hospitalizations, Naloxone injections &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2687993 Comment; This will be more costly in the short-term, but there’s a chance that it’ll be less costly in the long-term IF and only if the addicted folks involved are able to be motivated to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
OxyContin Maker Granted Patent for Opioid-Addiction Treatment Comment; Color me skeptical. This “new” medication is simply a slightly altered dosage form of what’s been around for well over a decade. I don’t see myself writing for it and expect it to be very highly...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Adolescents Face Large Addiction-Treatment Gap Comment; A larger order of magnitude in this tragedy when one considers years of potential life lost! Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Boston Medical Center / Boston University School of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/05/653360644/addiction-treatment-gap-is-driving-a-black-market-for-suboxone?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social Comment; I have no idea how many of my patients on buprenorphine...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2018/08/23/opioid-crisis-kentucky-doctor-fought-drug-addiction-operates-suboxone-clinic/657519002/ Beth Warren, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 7:17 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2018 Dr....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2685283 Jonathan M. Davis, MD1,2,3; Jeffrey Shenberger, MD4; Norma Terrin, PhD2,3; et al Importance Although opioids are used to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), the best pharmacologic...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/opioids-heroin-injection-sites.html Americans struggling with addiction need treatment and reduced access to deadly drugs. They do not need a taxpayer-sponsored haven to shoot up. By Rod J. Rosenstein Mr. Rosenstein is the...
