Topic: opioids
Debate About New Painkillers
I can imagine a hundred scenarios in which Dsuvia somehow leaves the battlefield and finds it way into the world of drug abuse.
Topics: opioids, policy, prescription medications
Opioid Disorders and Depression
The increased incidence of depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric symptoms linked to OUD may also help to account for high rates of relapse among patients, post-treatment, versus other substance disorders.
Topics: co-occurring disorders, opioids
Big City Opioids
Now, with the introduction of fentanyl and carfentanil, the decision to inject heroin or cocaine can easily result in a fatality.
Dark Fentanyl
Drug dealers at the higher levels of the marketplace are much like other businesspeople in their natural aversion to bad publicity.
Topics: opioids
Dayton Gets Results
We should remember that Ohio’s Republican governor had to go against the wishes of many in his own party in order to achieve this.
Topics: consequences, opioids, policy, prevention
The Wave Phenomenon
Still, if the epidemic is already 28 years old, then how much more effective would these steps have been if they had been initiated way back when?
Topics: epidemiology, opioids, policy
Opioid Evangelism
It’s these outdated attitudes towards addictions that enable the healthcare professional to ignore important information provided by the patient.
In the News: Pain Pill Busts
Think physician practices and pharmacies and specialty clinics who began with a lucrative sideline that may now be their main source of revenue.
Topics: In the news, opioids
In the News: Updates From the Epidemics
I don’t think there are any health benefits associated with the practice; it’s purely about getting high.
Topics: cannabis, epidemiology, In the news, opioids