Addiction Medicine
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Growing ‘tranq’ threat poses challenges for PCPs
“Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier.”
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Substance-induced psychosis tied to schizophrenia risk
ER visits related to cannabis use had the highest risk of transition to a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
Commentary
A street medicine view of tobacco use in patients with schizophrenia
Throughout my psychiatric clerkship, I (JWF) participated in street medicine, the practice of providing care to patients (typically those who are...
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Substance use in pregnancy linked to adverse CVD outcomes
The authors said the findings “highlight the critical support required during pregnancy and postpartum” for substance users.
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Simultaneous marijuana, alcohol use linked to worse outcomes
Young adults who simultaneously use alcohol and marijuana consume more drinks, spend more time high, and report more negative alcohol-related...
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U.S. counties hit hard by a lack of psychiatric care
Counties without psychiatrists and broadband had significantly higher rates of adult depression, frequent mental distress, drug overdose mortality...
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Nurses maintain more stigma toward pregnant women with OUD
Clinical experience and training may affect differences in attitudes toward women who use opioids during pregnancy.
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Marijuana, hallucinogen use, binge drinking at all-time high
The biggest increases have been in the adult cohort aged 35-50 years.
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Gene therapy offers new way to fight alcohol use disorder
Compared to primates that received a placebo intravenously, those that received the growth factor gene decreased their drinking by about 90%. They...
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Do the data support psychedelics in addiction therapy?
“In a supervised setting, as is the case with studies involving psychotherapeutic support, we can no longer say, in this day and age, that...
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Medications for opioid addiction significantly underutilized
“More than 80,000 people are dying of a drug overdose involving an opioid every year, while safe and effective medicines to treat opioid use...