Addiction Medicine
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Genetic Information May Hold Key to Multiple-Substance Addiction
With data from the Million Veteran Program, researchers are examining genetic risk factors for multiple-substance addiction.
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Cherokee Nation Sues 6 Pharmacies Over Opioid Prescribing
Cherokee Nation officials systematically fight to end the opioid epidemic within their community.
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California Opens Treatment Center for Native Youth
The first federally owned and operated health care facility to serve American Indians and Alaska Natives in California aims to treat Native...
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Mobile App for Medical-Assisted Treatment
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration created a new mobile app to assist practitioners in providing more effective...
Patient Care
Engagement Along the HIV Care Continuum and the Potential Role of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Increasing access to mental health and substance use services, particularly through integrated care models, as well as addressing issues of HIV-...
Case Reports
Torsades de Pointes in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal and Cirrhosis: Implications for Risk Stratification and Management
Close monitoring of the QT interval, timely and aggressive management of withdrawal, repletion of electrolytes, and telemetry monitoring may...
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Surgeon General Issues ‘Call to Action’ on Substance Abuse Crisis
U.S Surgeon General makes a new call to action to end the addiction crisis by pushing the idea of treating it “not as a moral failing, but as a...
New Therapies
Assessing Addiction From Multiple Perspectives
Researchers find a new approach to diagnosing addiction through behavioral assessment and neuroscience.
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Substance Abuse Data Trends
Pharmacology
Abuse-Deterrent Opioids: What Practitioners Need to Know
The meaning of the term abuse-deterrent is often misunderstood to mean abuse-proof. The FDA defines abuse-deterrent properties as those...