Thursday, January 31, 2013

Responding to the Prescription Opioid Problem

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Here's my response to a column by Maia Szalavitz on the recent recommendation by an FDA panel to change hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco and...
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High Level of Pain Among Methadone Maintenance Patients

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Epidemiology of pain among outpatients in methadone maintenance treatment programs Lara Dhingra, Carmen Masson, David C. Perlman, Randy M...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Most Non-Medication Treatments for ADHD Ineffective: New Study

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Hot off the presses (or screen), a new review by the European ADHD Guidelines Group found that non-medication treatments for ADHD are not su...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

DSM5 Substance Use Disorders Part 2

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Yesterday, I posted about the changes in diagnosis of substance use disorders (SUDs) in DSM5 by addressing a key point about whether addic...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

DSM5 Substance Use Disorders 1: Advance or Retreat?

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I recently had a (friendly) exchange with Maia Szalavitz on the changes to the diagnosis of substance use disorders in DSM5. She and I dis...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Childhood Obesity Leveling Off

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In this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) the CDC reported that childhood obesity among 3-4 year old children in Los...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Our Hysterical Approach to Chronic Pain and Opioids

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SAMHSA recently issued a report about addiction program treatment admissions where the primary problem was a combined dependence on benzod...
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