by Pollen Williamson | Jul 30, 2018 | Content
Between 2005 and 2016, opioid prescriptions for adolescents generally were written for longer than three days, and the number of prescriptions filled for four and five day supplies increased, according to a report in Psychiatric Services in Advance. These trends...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 30, 2018 | Content
The authors of this article, Drs. Carolyn M. Mazure and David A. Fiellin from the Yale School of Medicine, explain how current efforts to address the opioid epidemic overlook gender differences in opioid use and that these difference have meaningful implications for...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 12, 2018 | Content
In the Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, Cornel N. Stanciu, MD, points out several important messages for clinicians to be aware of regarding MAT. Despite efforts to increase availability of medication assisted treatment at the federal level, drug...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 12, 2018 | Content
The nation is responding to the opioid epidemic by pouring money and resources into increasing access to addiction treatment. But these critical expansion efforts must be accompanied by initiatives to improve accountability of addiction providers to deliver quality...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 12, 2018 | Content
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) rates and costs have skyrocketed across the U.S. in recent years. NAS occurs when a dependent newborn is no longer exposed to substances used by the mother during pregnancy—its epidemic is alarming both because of the severity of the...
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