Substance Use Disorders | Appalachian Wellness

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act — What Will It Mean for the Opioid-Overdose Crisis?

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1813961 Comment; Details the provisions of the SUPPORT act to provide coordinated care in a variety of ways to expand treatment options and provide financing to fight the war on drug abuse. Corey S. Davis, J.D., M.S.P.H....

Guidance for families dealing with substance-use disorders

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/guidance-for-families-dealing-with-substance-use-disorders/2018/06/29/8ab02c1c-762b-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bed9586b7a1b By Alexandra Rockey Fleming Licensed professional...

Low Risk of Producing an Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care by Prescribing Opioids to Prescreened Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain.

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379504 Cheatle MD1, Gallagher RM2,3, O’Brien CP1. This prospective study suggests that patients without a recent or prior history of substance use disorder who were prescribed primarily short-acting opioids in low doses for...