Addiction Medicine
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‘Alarming’ Rise in Mental Health Hospital Admissions Involving Methamphetamine
“The data suggest that there are synergistic effects with methamphetamine use and mental health disorder, highlighting this patient group’s unique...
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‘Emerging Threat’ Xylazine Use Continues to Spread Across the United States
The drug, which is increasingly mixed with fentanyl, often fails to respond to the opioid overdose reversal...
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Guidance on How Best to Manage Opioid Risks in Older Adults
Opioid overdose rates increased more in older adults in 2021-2022; older adults may be at higher risk biologically.
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Opioids Post T&A
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Quitting Smoking Boosts Life Expectancy at Any Age
“These findings may be valuable for clinicians seeking scientific evidence to motivate their patients who smoke to quit.”
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Two-Drug Combo Promising for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Extended-release injectable naltrexone combined with extended-release oral bupropion was linked to reduced use of the drug.
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OTC Supplement Linked to Hyperpigmentation
CHICAGO —“Many of our patients think kratom is a safe, herbal supplement” but often don’t know it can have several...
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‘Just Be Prepared’: MD Finds Overdose Victim in an Alley
Emergency medicine physician treats community man for overdose, and suggests all HCPs should carry naloxone for such instances.
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What Toxic Stress Can Do to Health
Stress from adverse childhood experiences, which can have endocrine and other impacts, may be treated with a multidisciplinary team.
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Losing Weight, Decreasing Alcohol, and Improving Sex Life?
“The vast majority of my male patients using these medications for alcohol abuse disorder experience concurrent increases in...
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Recently Incarcerated Account for Nearly 20% of US Suicides
"Suicide prevention efforts should focus on people who have spent at least 1 night in jail in the past year."