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October 3rd 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic skyrocketed already high rates of alcohol consumption and related liver disease to unprecedented levels. Addiction specialists and hepatologists are still looking for the best path out.
No Evidence of Substance Abuse in Patients Taking Stimulant Medication for ADHD
July 12th 2023The analysis of 500+ patients with ADHD shows no statistically significant evidence linking stimulant treatment to later substance use, indicating that stimulant medication did not increase or decrease the risk of substance use in adolescence or adulthood.
Substance Use Disorder Rates Higher in Patients With Comorbid SLE, Major Depressive Disorder
Patients with comorbid major depressive disorder were more likely to have a diagnoses of tobacco, alcohol, opioid, cannabis, stimulants, hallucinogens, sedatives-hypnotics, or anxiolytic use disorders compared to patients with only systemic lupus erythematous.
Symptom Checklist Helps Primary Care Clinicians Assess SUD Severity
The results show 26.3% of patients in the daily cannabis use only group endorsed 2 or more items on the symptom checklist, consistent with DSM-5 SUD, compared to 30.2% of the other drug use group and 51.8% of the daily cannabis and other drug use group.
Individuals who sought outpatient mental health and addiction services were generally younger, proportionately more female, more likely to have a psychiatric comorbidity, and more likely to have had their index alcohol-related hospitalization attributed to than to other diagnoses such as harmful alcohol use or alcoholic liver disease.
The Role of Personalization in Smoking Cessation: Findings from a Randomized Clinical Trial
March 18th 2023Personalized text message-based smoking cessation intervention was found to be more effective than the non-personalized text message approach, especially among smokers with low nicotine dependence and strong quitting intention.
Data Show 74.7% Reduction in Varenicline Use for Nicotine Dependence After Chantix Recall
February 6th 2023It wasn't the unavailability of varenicline, but the inaccessibility, that perpetuated the reduced prevalence of prescriptions. Investigators speculated that patient, clinician awareness and concerns related to nitrosamine were contributing factors.
Telehealth Services Rendered During Pandemic Improved Opioid Use Disorder Care Retention
September 6th 2022CDC investigators stated that the expansion of telehealth strategies is “urgently needed” to provide medications for opioid use disorder because it could increase retention in care and improve outcomes for OUD.