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According to researchers at the University of South Hampton in the United Kingdom, using alcohol to quell a hangover promotes alcohol dependence, affects the brain and should not be a go-to remedy. The study, led by Lindy Holden-Dye, a neuroscientist at the University of South Hampton’s School of Biological Sciences, published her team’s findings in PLoS [...] Researchers at an Israeli clinic offering methadone maintenance treatment have found that the treatment for opiate addiction appears to protect individuals against subsequent hepatitis C infection. Presenting their findings at this month’s American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Medical-Scientific Conference, Einat Peles, Ph.D., and colleagues reported that in a group of 207 hepatitis C-negative patients treated [...] The painkiller OxyContin can be plenty dangerous if you knowingly abuse it, but it has long posed real dangers of overdose, as well, to those who had little thought of getting high. Cutting a pill in half may sound like a swell way to get just a little relief on a day when that chronic [...] Admissions to Twin Cities area treatment programs for addiction to methamphetamine (meth) continued to decline in 2008, according to a report on drug abuse trends released today by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The report is produced twice annually to monitor emerging patterns and trends in drug abuse and treatment. Meth-related treatment admissions accounted for [...] It’s a dilemma doctors face all the time. A new patient claims to be in serious pain and asks for Vicodin or OxyContin. Is the pain real or is the patient an addict? Now, a new, controversial statewide database is supposed to help them figure that out. Starting this week, pharmacies are required to collect patient [...] Alcohol and drug addiction is a disease affecting more than 21 million Americans. Almost two-thirds of Americans have friends or a family member who have struggled with addiction. The most recent statistics show that more than 23 million people nationwide ages 12 or older needed treatment for a substance use disorder. Addiction treatment providers believe many people [...] Prescription drug abuse accounts for one-third of drug abuse in the United States, and everyone plays a role in it, said Jay Jaffee, chemical health coordinator at Minnesota Department of Health. Jaffee spoke to MeritCare staff in Wahpeton Tuesday to further expose the rampant abuse of pain relievers here and across the nation. More than 50 [...] What is dual diagnosis? The term ‘dual diagnosis’ or ‘dual disorders’ has in recent years come to be used in the alcohol, drug and mental health fields to describe a particular group of people who have both a diagnosed mental health problem together with problems of alcohol and/or drug use. Usually this focus has more often referred [...] Drug addiction has long been a problem in this country, but many people tend to assume it is a problem outside of their social circles. According to industry statistics however, nearly every person knows someone who is a drug addict if they know at least five people.
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