Methadone-Related Overdose Deaths in a Liberal Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme
Conclusions: Liberal OMT access does not necessarily prevent overdose deaths overall. Prescription of higher doses of methadone combined with benzodiazepines may result in an increased risk of overdose for individuals in as well as outside OMT.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:249-258 (Source: European Addiction Research)
Source: European Addiction Research - June 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Unraveling the Reality of Abstinence Monitoring in a Routine Outpatient Setting: A Cross-Sectional Comparison with Ethanol, Self Report and Clinical Judgment
Conclusions: EtG performed largely better than ethanol for urine screening in alcohol outpatients, detecting an extra 20.4% (125 out of 613) of positives. It means that for each alcohol-positive sample, there were 15 EtG-positive samples. Although better than ethanol, clinician judgment was also not performed efficiently. If routinely implemented in the screening of alcohol outpatients, EtG might bring relevant changes that merit further research.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:243-248 (Source: European Addiction Research)
Source: European Addiction Research - May 25, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Digital Interventions for Problematic Cannabis Users in Non-Clinical Settings: Findings from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conclusions: Digital interventions can help to successfully reduce problematic cannabis use outside clinical settings. They have some potential to overcome treatment barriers and increase accessibility for at-risk cannabis users.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:233-242 (Source: European Addiction Research)
Source: European Addiction Research - May 3, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Parental Smoking and Smoking Cognitions among Youth: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Conclusion: Empirical evidence does not confirm the commonly applied assertions of social learning theories that parental smoking increases the risk of youth smoking through the development of favourable smoking-related cognitions. Methodological and theoretical aspects that might explain the lack of consistent findings are discussed.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:215-232 (Source: European Addiction Research)
Source: European Addiction Research - May 3, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Impact of Enrolment in Methadone Maintenance Therapy on Initiation of Heavy Drinking among People Who Use Heroin
Conclusion: In this study, MMT enrolment did not predict heavy drinking and may even appear to decrease the initiation of heavy drinking. Our findings suggest younger age and cannabis use may predict heavy drinking. These findings could help inform on-going discussions about the effects of opioid agonist therapy on alcohol consumption among people who use heroin.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:210-214 (Source: European Addiction Research)
Source: European Addiction Research - April 5, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
