SUDs Have A Long Tail
If someone was sick enough at some point to have been hospitalized for treatment of an SUD, they’re statistically more likely to suffer from other diseases later in life.
Read More
Author: C. Scott McMillin
CDC Releases New Opioid Guidelines
…these guidelines contain many best practices that, had they been in place in the 1990’s, and enough prescribers had followed them, we might well have avoided the worst of the prescription painkiller epidemic
Read More
Stop Licking Those Toads, People
“As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking…”
Read More
D8: A Backwards Look
Although to be frank, I don’t know how you’d verify what appeared on the seller’s website. There’s no real regulatory oversight to cross-check the claims, is there?
Read More
Quick Update– Opioids & Something New
It appears that the presence of other drugs in the fentanyl and heroin currently flooding our streets has made naloxone, the opioid antagonist that is our primary weapon against OD fatalities, far less likely to be effective.
Read More