Addiction Medicine
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RA Patients Have Made Treat-to-Target Personal
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Excessive Drinking Cost $223.5 Billion in 2006
Major Finding: The cost of excessive alcohol consumption reached $223.5 billion in 2006, with the largest costs related to losses in workplace...
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More Than 112 Million Episodes of Drunk Driving in 2010
Major Finding: A total of 1.8% of 451,000 U.S. residents surveyed reported at least one episode of alcohol-impaired driving in the past 30 days....
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Injectable Naltrexone Enhances Recovery From Opioid Dependence
Major Finding: Monthly injections of 380 mg of extended-release naltrexone, an opioid receptor antagonist, significantly improved ongoing...
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Cytisine Shown Effective for Smoking Cessation
Major Finding: The rate of sustained abstinence from smoking at 1 year was 8.4% with cytisine, compared with only 2.4% with placebo.Data Source: A...
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Marijuana Drives Slight Increase in Illicit Drug Use
Major Finding: Between 2007 and 2010, the rate of marijuana use rose from 5.8% to 6.9%, and the number of users increased from 14.4 million to 17....
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Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
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CDC: Smokers Smoking Less
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Botox Improves Migraine Regardless of Medication History
Major Finding: A total 45% of 575 first-line treatment-naïve chronic migraine sufferers significantly responded to onabotulinumtoxinA treatment vs...
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Homosexual Activity Plus Meth Increases HIV Risk
Major Finding: Among boys and young men who have sex with men, those who also used methamphetamine were more likely than nonusers to have a...
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Hepatitis Prevalence Among Drug Users Varies Greatly Worldwide
Major Finding: Worldwide, an estimated 10 million injecting drug users have been exposed to hepatitis C virus, while 1.2 million have hepatitis B...