Tag: Addiction
Clinician Awareness of Exercise Addiction May Be Lacking
Screening questions should focus on emotional connection to exercise, whether it interferes with life
Mortality Up for Opioid Addicts Not Treated in Addiction Clinics
Those treated in primary care, hospitals twice as likely to die as those treated in addiction centers
Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Seen With Opioid Abuse
Drug abuse may cause an unusual short-term memory syndrome
Gene May ID Patients Needing Higher Doses of Methadone
Specific gene affects patients with African ancestry
AMA Highlights Role of Patient Shame in Opioid Disorders
Webinar on patient shame forms part of Providers' Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Opioid Use Disorder, Heroin Use Up Among Young Adults
Study also finds abuse of opioids often precedes heroin use
Internet Addiction May Indicate Other Mental Health Issues
Over-reliance on the web possibly linked to depression, anxiety, and impulsivity in college kids
Buprenorphine-Naloxone Use in Medicare Patients Low
Prescribers represent less than 2 percent of the 381,575 prescribers with 56.5 million opioid claims
Rapid HIV Transmission Seen in Injection Drug Users in Rural U.S.
Indiana case offers a lesson for other rural communities
Meds to Treat Opioid Addiction Significantly Underused
In 2013, just 17 percent were given medications like naltrexone after hospital discharge
