Addiction Medicine
From the Journals
Cocaine damage can be misdiagnosed as nasal vasculitis
In additional to similar nasal symptoms, cocaine can trigger production of antibodies that mimic the clinical presentation of granulomatosis with...
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You’ve quit smoking with vaping. Now what?
People who vape may have a higher level of nicotine addiction.
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Should you recommend e-cigs to help patients quit smoking?
“There is scientific research to support vaping as a cessation tool, but we wouldn’t use it as a first line of defense because we still need...
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Integrating addiction medicine with primary care cost effective: Study
Compared with the status quo, integrating buprenorphine and harm reduction kits reduced drug use–related deaths by 33% and was cost effective,...
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New insight into the growing problem of gaming disorder
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games, first-person/third-person shooter games, real-time strategy games, and multiplayer online battle...
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New guidelines for cannabis in chronic pain management released
New clinical practice guidelines for cannabis in chronic pain management may help clinicians offer an effective and less addictive alternative to...
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Telehealth services tied to a major reduction in opioid overdose deaths
“The expansion of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had positive effects on patients receiving MOUD [medication for opioid...
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Tranq-contaminated fentanyl now in 48 states, DEA warns
Xylazine was first approved by the FDA in 1972 as a sedative and analgesic for use only in animals, but is increasingly being detected in illicit...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves OTC naloxone, but will cost be a barrier?
“The major question is what is it going to cost. In order for people to access it they have to be able to afford it,”
From the Journals
Watch for buprenorphine ‘spiking’ in urine drug tests
Some patients undergoing treatment for opioid use disorder alter their urine drug test results by adding buprenorphine directly to their urine.
From the Journals
Substance abuse disorders may share a common genetic signature
New findings could eventually lead to universal therapies to treat multiple and comorbid addictions, according to the study’s authors.