C. Scott McMillin | Recovery SI

Methadone for Chronic Pain?

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 12, 2014 | Public Health | 0 |

Diversion to abuse has been significant. Currently methadone represents only some two percent of all opioid prescriptions, but it’s been implicated in an astounding one-third of all opioid fatalities.

The Culture of Drug Use

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 8, 2014 | Addiction | 1 |

After years in the drug world, it may not be easy for someone new to recovery to fit comfortably into the larger society. It helps to find people such as yourself– who used to use drugs but no longer do– to relate to.

DSM-5 versus DSM-IV

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 1, 2014 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 1 |

Craving has finally been added to the symptom list. I was never entirely clear on why it wasn’t included in DSM-IV, since there’s an impressive body of research on craving measurement.