Addiction Medicine
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Hispanic Cancer Patients Suffer More Pain, Severe Sadness
Major Finding: Fully 45% of Hispanic patients reported moderate to severe pain, compared with 20% of whites, and 37% of African Americans (P less...
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Single Question Flags Depression in Chronic Pain
Major Finding: Asking patients who have activity-limiting pain how much they’ve felt downhearted or depressed in the past 4 weeks identified...
Applied Evidence
How to recognize a patient who’s high on “bath salts”
Forget about a routine drug screen; it won’t help. Here’s how these patients will present and how best to care for them.
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Substance Abusers in Pain Tapered Off Opioids
Major Finding: Patients at high-risk for substance abuse had worse function compared with low-risk patients at the start of a 3-week...
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Pain Medications Relieve Agitation in Demented Patients
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Education a Cornerstone of Effective Opioid Management
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Long-Acting Opioids May Trigger Hypogonadism
Major Finding: Tests found low testosterone levels in 74% of men on long-acting or sustained-release opioids, compared with 34% of men on...
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Judge Calls Cigarette Warnings Unconstitutional
Commentary
Recycle to Reduce Drug Overdoses
Original Research
Fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes: Common and often unmanaged
This study of patients with type 2 diabetes in a large rural clinic showed that abnormal liver function tests do not usually lead to diagnostic...
PURLs
Counseling is a must with this smoking cessation aid
For many smokers, the benefits of quitting will outweigh the risks associated with varenicline.