Pain Wars
We recognize the important role that depression and anxiety play in determining the patient's experience of pain.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 27, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
We recognize the important role that depression and anxiety play in determining the patient's experience of pain.
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 16, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 13, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 6, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 7, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 31, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
For me, it was encouraging to see how far science has come in its understanding of the neurological underpinnings of alcoholism.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 7, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
One common symptom of withdrawal is sleep disruption, for which the most direct remedy is, naturally, more of the drug.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 14, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
If Medicaid, for instance, expanded approval of naltrexone injections to include methamphetamine, that would make the combination more useful to addiction treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 3, 2022 | Recovery | 0 |
As a bottom line, the research findings to seem to show many millions of our neighbors successfully resolving their problems with substances.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 27, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances | 0 |
Bad intent is not required for an article or broadcast segment to qualify as potentially harmful misinformation. It only needs to be present in the most provocative way in the right forum.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 24, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Of course, clinicians who work with offenders are accustomed to the occasional client who shows up stubbornly insisting that he or she had consumed no alcohol whatsoever before arrest.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 30, 2021 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
From the alcoholic beverage industry’s viewpoint, the pandemic has a pronounced silver lining. Sales are up and allegedly likely to continue at higher levels even as the pandemic finally fades.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 16, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The information isn’t getting out to the target population. Or even to the physicians and other practitioners responsible for their care.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 9, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
…vaping may be as much a challenge to quit as Marlboros, Camels, or Newports
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 25, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The author cites a meta-analysis conducted by another group that some 47% of frequent cannabis users, both recreational and medical, were experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 22, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Somehow, experts believe, the brain of the chronic pain patient has “learned” to interpret certain stimuli as a threat, accompanied by danger messages in the form of pain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 18, 2021 | Public Health | 0 |
Some will represent the very best medicine has to offer, and others will be, well, not so great.
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