Addiction Medicine
Conference Coverage
Private Facebook chats show promise as depression, cannabis use intervention
SAN DIEGO – Research suggests that young adults find motivation through online support groups.
Conference Coverage
Drug-related deaths continue to rise in United States
TORONTO – As pregnant women use more opioids, NAS rates are soaring; they rose from 1.2/1,000 U.S. hospital births in 2000 to 8/1,000 in 2014.
Article
The naloxone option
This quick guide provides you with naloxone dosing information and steps you’ll want to take once the crisis has passed.
Conference Coverage
Beware nonopiate meds with high street value
NEW ORLEANS – Use these safeguards when prescribing gabapentin and other high-abuse-potential drugs.
News
Substance use linked to conversion to schizophrenia
Individuals with schizotypal disorder who use cannabis, opioids, or amphetamines have a higher risk of converting to schizophrenia.
News
EAGLES: Smoking cessation therapy did not up cardiovascular risk
The overall rate of major adverse cardiovascular events was less than 0.5% in a study of smokers who received one of three cessation therapies or...
News
Epilepsy upped risk of unnatural death
People with epilepsy were about three times more likely to die from any unnatural cause and five times more likely to die from unintentional...
Primary Care Medical Abstracts
Abstract: Collaborative Care for Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care: The SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial
Collaborative care has been reported to be an effective strategy for the delivery of evidence-based treatments and improving patient outcomes, but...
CE/CME
Pain Management in an Opioid Epidemic: What’s Appropriate, What’s Safe
Although accreditation for this CE/CME activity has expired, and the posttest is no longer available, you can still read the full article.
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Primary Care Medical Abstracts
Abstract: Don't demonise prescription opioids
The author, a biomedical journalist from Washington, DC, explains how a zero-tolerance policy to opioid prescribing will impede the delivery of...