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One often hears alcohol addiction referred to as alcoholism and drug addiction referred to as drug abuse. Because of this, some people may wonder if there is a difference between the words abuse and addiction. In some respect, there is, especially when alcohol is the substance that is causing the problem. This is [...] Some of the same brain mechanisms that fuel drug addiction in humans accompany the emergence of compulsive eating behaviors and the development of obesity in animals, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study, conducted by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute, [...] This is the second of two articles on treating pregnant patients in MAT, clinical considerations related to their care, and outcomes for their babies. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are caring for increasing numbers of pregnant patients-some who become pregnant while in methadone treatment programs, others who decide to begin methadone treatment [...] This is the first in a series of articles on treating pregnant patients in MAT, clinical considerations related to their care, and outcomes for their babies. Check back in the coming days for part two, or follow us on Twitter @MeridianNetwork to get a live feed from our blog. Holly is a 35-year-old tenth-grade dropout who [...] During 1999–2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers (1). This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold increase in the use of prescription opioids nationally (2). In Washington, in 2006, the rate of poisoning involving opioid painkillers [...] A link to the entire study is provided below. Here is the abstract from the original study: AIMS: This study examines the frequency and severity of arrest charges among heroin addicts randomly assigned to either interim methadone (IM) maintenance or to remain on a waiting list for methadone treatment. It was hypothesized that IM participants would [...] By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hooked on cocaine or cigarettes? The U.S. government wants drug companies to make a vaccine for that.
By ERIK ECKHOLM In the first effort to calculate the national price of methamphetamine abuse, a new study said the addictive stimulant imposed costs of $23.4 billion in 2005. While the authors, from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, Calif., caution that many impacts were difficult to quantify, their study suggests that methamphetamine takes an economic [...] It’s a provocative question, but as the public’s never-ending quest for gossip and the lurid details of celebrity lives continues to persist, stories of their alcohol-fueled escapades and drug use can make people curious. In a Time magazine article on Michael Jackson’s use of the powerful anesthetic Propofol, Dr. David Sack of Malibu, said, “Whenever a [...] WASHINGTON – As Congress debates the government’s role in health care, a report out today finds that state and federal officials failed to detect millions of dollars in Medicaid prescription-drug abuse. An audit of the government program in five large states found about 65,000 instances of beneficiaries improperly obtaining potentially addictive drugs at a cost of [...] |
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