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Death of Club DJ Highlights Difficulty of Treating Pain in Recovering Addicts
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2009 By all indications, New York club icon DJ AM had a firm grip on his drug problem. A self-professed recovering crack cocaine addict, the 36-year-old celebrity DJ (whose real name was Adam Goldstein) said he had been clean for more than a decade, and was even starring in a new reality series in which he tried to intervene in the lives of other drug addicts. But before the program had a chance to air, DJ AM was dead, apparently of a drug overdose in part involving prescription pain medications. read more & comment | |
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Antismoking Efforts Hinge on Postdischarge Counseling
ISSUE: FEBRUARY, 2009 Hospitals that offer smoking cessation programs to patients can help them quit the habit, but only if those programs provide follow-up counseling for at least a month after discharge, researchers have found. read more & comment | |
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Teen Opioid Abuse May Lower Adult Addiction Threshold
ISSUE: FEBRUARY, 2009 read more & comment | |
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FDA Issues Safety Alert for Alcohol-Dependence Drug Naltrexone
ISSUE: NOVEMBER, 2008 The FDA began notifying health care professionals in mid-August of the risk for adverse injection site reactions in patients receiving naltrexone (Vivitrol, Alkermes/Cephalon). read more & comment | |
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Women Alcoholics With Depression Crave Drinking More Than Do Men
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2008 Depressive symptoms in women—although not in men—with alcohol addiction are strongly linked to the intensity of their alcohol craving. read more & comment | |
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London Chemists Use SMS To Help Smokers Quit
ISSUE: SEPTEMBER, 2008 Some novice ex-smokers across the pond are receiving text messages from their pharmacists—by way of encouraging notes to stay focused, and niggling appointment prompts. It is part of a pilot campaign that offers support and reminders to help smokers quit that is being debuted in London. read more & comment | |
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Buprenorphine–Behavioral Therapy Combination Effective for Heroin-, Opioid-Addicted Youth
ISSUE: SEPTEMBER, 2008 A recent study has shown that heroin- and opioid-addicted youth fare better with 12 weeks of combined buprenorphine-naloxone treatment plus twice-weekly psychosocial group and individual therapy than with two weeks of drug treatment plus psychotherapy. read more & comment | |
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Possible Link Between Opioid Abuse, GAD Seen in Detox Unit
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2008 Are inpatients on a detoxification unit more likely to misuse opioids if they have symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder than if they do not? A pilot study suggests they are. read more & comment |
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