On the HCPLive Addiction medicine condition center page, resources on the topics of medical news and expert insight into clinical addiction can be found. Content includes articles, interviews, videos, podcasts, and breaking news on addiction therapy research, treatment, and drug development.
May 6th 2024
Data from the ORCA-V trial suggests cytisinicline, a plant-based medication, aids adults in quitting e-cigarettes.
States' Rights, Zohydro, and Pain Management
April 21st 2014Following the approval of Zohydro last year, attorneys general across the country requested the FDA reconsider its decision until the medication could be reformulated to include abuse-deterrent properties. Now, two states have moved to reduce access to Zohydro. Will the courts uphold these decisions, or will other states follow in their wake?
Have We Reached the Tipping Point When it Comes to Opioid Therapy?
March 18th 2014While the peak of the opioid epidemic may now have been reached (according to some), we are not out of the woods. Every decision to start or continue opioid therapy must be careful, deliberate, and weigh benefit against risk, while keeping in mind that risk is not constant/static, but dynamic and evolves through time.
Nicotine Withdrawal Weakens Brain Interconnectivity while Quitting Smoking
As evidenced in brain scans after abstaining from smoking for 24 hours, smokers were likely to show weakened interconnectivity between brain networks, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
With Behavioral Support in Place, Opioid Dose Reduction Does Not Exacerbate Pain or Function
Reducing high-dose opioid therapy does not worsen pain severity, functional ability, or aberrant drug-related behaviors in chronic pain patients when concurrent biopsychosocial services are offered.
Predicting Positive and Negative Symptom Exaggeration in Chronic Pain Patients
Sometimes, chronic pain patients intentionally magnify or downplay their physical and mental symptoms during office visits. Despite that fact, little attention in the clinical setting is paid to underlying motives for positively or negatively biased self-reports.
Mindfulness-based Pain Care Provides Opioid Taper Support
Even if a chronic pain patient had been taking opioid medications exactly as prescribed, it would still be possible for the patient to experience negative cognitive and emotional responses to dose tapering that could amplify sensory pain and lead to opioid addiction.
Researchers Emphasize Routine Urine Drug Testing to Ensure Opioid Compliance, Enhance Pain Care
In light of the fact that many physicians continue to rely on observational analysis and patient self-reporting to monitor opioid addiction or misuse, results from a scientific poster reinforced the benefits of routine urine drug testing in improving compliance with prescribed opioid medications and ultimately enhancing pain care.
Opioid-Induced Constipation Is Not Adequately Reported by Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Patients
Preliminary research data revealed a significantly higher incidence of opioid-induced constipation among patients taking opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain than self-reported constipation complaints suggest.
Can a Smoking Cessation Drug Cause Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events?
March 7th 2014When encouraging and supporting patients to quit smoking, varenicline is unlikely to increase the risk of neuropsychiatric adverse events such as suicide, depression, and aggression, even in patients with pre-existing psychiatric illness.