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Medications for opioid addiction vastly underutilized
“The overdose crisis in the U.S. is continuing unabated, unfortunately, and medication access is an important tool to target and reduce overdose...
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High-intensity exercise helps patients with anxiety quit smoking
“We feel we have a targeted [smoking cessation] intervention to tailor to people with high anxiety sensitivity.”
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ADHD link to prenatal opioid exposure shifts with other substances
Children’s risk profile for ADHD shifted based on which substances and substance combinations they were exposed to during pregnancy.
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Twelve physicians sentenced in illegal opioid, billing fraud scheme
“These are not just crimes of greed, these are crimes that make this country’s opioid crisis even worse.”
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Addiction expert says CBD may help people cut cannabis use
“CBD can be viewed as an alternative for people whose cannabis use is problematic,” said Dr. Dan Velea.
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FDA, DEA pushed to make gabapentin a controlled substance to stop ‘widespread misuse’
There is “substantial evidence of widespread misuse” of gabapentin, plausibly helped by “extraordinary levels of off-label prescribing.”
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Mindfulness intervention curbs opioid misuse, chronic pain
“There are really only upsides to the group visit model and I think we’ll be seeing quite a bit more of it in the future,” said Dr. Nancy Sudak....
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Tips for managing youth with substance use disorders
“Zero tolerance laws don’t work, because 85% of kids experiment [with drugs],” Dr. Timothy E. Wilens said.
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Opioid deaths in North America predicted to soar
A rising trajectory of deaths was evident in both the United States and Canada before the pandemic hit.
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E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit, suggests new research
Use of e-cigarettes did not appear to prevent former smokers from relapsing to standard cigarettes.