Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Many Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders Not Offered Medications

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An exhaustive and brand new meta-analysis and systematic review , published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association , paint...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Who Benefits from Additional Drug Counseling among Prescription Opioid Dependent Patients on Suboxone?

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In a secondary analysis of the Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS), the original study's author, Roger Weiss, and col...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Can THC Protect the Brain against Methamphetamine's Toxicity?

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A fascinating new study in the journal  Neuropharmacology , suggests the brain's endocannabinoid system can be aided in its neuroprotec...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Baclofen Shows Promise for Treating Relapse in Cocaine Use Disorders

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Via ScienceDaily : Relapse is the most painful and expensive feature of drug addiction -- even after addicted individuals have been dru...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Study: Are Drug Screens Sufficient for Adolescent Treatment?

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Could it be that we are missing something when it comes to treating adolescents with a substance use disorder? According to a study in the m...
Friday, March 21, 2014

What Aren't More Docs Prescribing Buprenorphine?

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On the heels of recent coverage over the "dangers" of the medication buprenorphine, researchers are seeking to better understand...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Is Addiction Always Permanent?

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Recently, a colleague challenged what he perceived to be my "insistence that addiction is permanent." Here is my reply: Dear Jo...