A Bad Day For Baltimore
Harm reduction advocates argue that this means the city needs to open Supervised Injection Centers, or SIC’s, as a harm reduction measure.
Yet Another Ancient Hallucinogen, Reborn
...ibogaine has been associated with “… serious adverse effects that can occur due to undiagnosed health conditions and/or concomitant use of other drugs.” As well as 33 recorded deaths.
Strange to see a headline like this one —
Researchers Seek to Block Use of FDA-Approved OUD-Risk Test
An eminent group of research scientists , including the renowned addictionologist Andrew Kolodny, are vigorously objecting to FDA approval — already nearly complete, via a no doubt arduous process — for the first test that will rely on DNA to assess someone’s risk for developing an OUD.
Here’s how it works: A cheek swab is taken, then analyzed for genetic composition. This, we’re told, will establish the subject’s risk for later problems in the event they are prescribed opioids for pain control.
Testing, by the way, is limited to people without prior history of opioid use.
It may sound like a breakthrough, but according to its critics, it’s actually a bad idea. A faulty “low risk” result could give both prescriber and patient a misleading feeling of safety around using opioids— in effect, increasing the potential for misuse and abuse.
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Researchers Seek to Block Use of FDA-Approved OUD-Risk Test
An eminent group of research scientists , including the renowned addictionologist Andrew Kolodny, are vigorously objecting to FDA approval — already nearly complete, via a no doubt arduous process — for the first test that will rely on DNA to assess someone’s risk for developing an OUD.
Here’s how it works: A cheek swab is taken, then analyzed for genetic composition. This, we’re told, will establish the subject’s risk for later problems in the event they are prescribed opioids for pain control.
Testing, by the way, is limited to people without prior history of opioid use.
It may sound like a breakthrough, but according to its critics, it’s actually a bad idea. A faulty “low risk” result could give both prescriber and patient a misleading feeling of safety around using opioids— in effect, increasing the potential for misuse and abuse.
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A drug test hits the headlines…
...simply holding up a sheet of paper with numbers purporting to be the results of a drug test, may possibly be the least reliable way to demonstrate continuing abstinence from drug use.
OD Epidemic Nearing an End?
I couldn’t help noticing: The lack of references to the effectiveness of interdiction and law-enforcement.
A Bad Day For Baltimore
Harm reduction advocates argue that this means the city needs to open Supervised Injection Centers, or SIC’s, as a harm reduction measure.
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An Odd Situation Indeed
"...Patients who test negative, and their clinicians, may have a false sense of security about use of opioids…” Something that we know from long, long experience can be dangerous.
Hardcore, once more
Incarceration alone is almost never very effective— in fact, drinking may well resume the day the offender is released.
An Odd Situation Indeed
"...Patients who test negative, and their clinicians, may have a false sense of security about use of opioids…” Something that we know from long, long experience can be dangerous.
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
Aging in Recovery
She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
Should We Pay People Not to Use Meth?
...the fastest growing drug of abuse in many areas is methamphetamine, a stimulant. Incentive programs for drug abuse patients first appeared in the treatment of stimulant disorders, and much of the evidence in support of the practice is based there.
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Intrusions into the Mind
...there solely to promote an impulse purchase of something the viewer doesn’t actually need or want. In this case, a return to drug use.
The Natural History of PTSD
...nearly as many participants experienced worsening symptoms over time as those who improved. In those cases, time wasn’t much of a healer.
Autism Can Be Expensive
Anxious parents are seeking coverage for proven behavioral therapies and getting turned down.
Intrusions into the Mind
...there solely to promote an impulse purchase of something the viewer doesn’t actually need or want. In this case, a return to drug use.
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First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
