Addiction Medicine
Practice Puzzler
Opioid Epidemic
This clinical puzzle is based on Salani D, Crenshaw NA, Owusu B, Gonzalez JM. Pain Management in an Opioid Epidemic: What’s Appropriate, What’s...
News
FDA takes another swing at updating cigarette pack warnings
Advocates say adding new graphic warnings is long overdue, but another Big Tobacco legal challenge is possible.
News
USPSTF draft guidance calls for drug use screening
They found “adequate evidence” that screening tools can detect illicit drug use.
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC finds that too little naloxone is dispensed
Despite increases in the number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed, many patients at risk for overdose are not offered the potentially life-...
News
Pharmacist stigma a barrier to rural buprenorphine access
SAN ANTONIO – The role of pharmacists in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder has been neglected but remains an...
News from the FDA/CDC
Smoking-cessation attempts changed little over 7-year span
“Smokers should be encouraged to keep trying to quit until they succeed, and health care providers should be encouraged to keep supporting smokers...
News
Opioid exposure leads to poor perinatal and postnatal outcomes
Data from women at increased risk for opioid abuse show need for long-term support for mothers and children.
News
Vaping among teens increased significantly from 2017 to 2018
Growth of higher-nicotine systems “might signal a change” in addiction patterns.
Conference Coverage
Nicotine replacement therapy beats varenicline for smokers with OUD
SAN ANTONIO – “Results suggest it may be preferable to offer smokers with opioid use disorder [nicotine replacement therapy] rather than...
Conference Coverage
Psilocybin promising for alcohol use disorder
SAN FRANCISCO – The results have not yet been unblinded, but the investigators found that in their first 56 subjects more intense mystical...