Los f ármacos de efecto prolongado pueden aumentar la satisfacción con el tratamiento para los pacientes con trastorno por consumo de opioides
NIH leaders emphasize the importance of patient voices in addiction medication development (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - May 10, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Buprenorphine, News Release, Fentanyl, Health and Medical Professionals, Illicit Opioids, Medication Development, Methadone, NIDAMED News, Opioids, Researchers Source Type: news
Long-lasting medications may improve treatment satisfaction in people with opioid use disorder
NIH leaders emphasize the importance of patient voices in addiction medication development (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - May 10, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Buprenorphine, News Release, Fentanyl, Health and Medical Professionals, Illicit Opioids, Medication Development, Methadone, NIDAMED News, Opioids, Researchers Source Type: news
Mortality in an opioid treatment program - Bhatraju EP, Fuller C, Grekin P, Rockman S, Peavy KM.
This retrospective study examined mortality in an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) with policies designed to admit and retain patients with as few barriers as possible. Methadone provided in the context of an OTP is known to decrease mortality and morbidity.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Evidence for the transfer of methadone and EDDP by sweat to children's hair - Feld K, Dahm P, Kieliba T, Klee A, Rothschild MA, Andresen-Streichert H, Beike J.
In cases where there is a question as to whether children have come into contact with drugs, examinations of their scalp hair are frequently carried out. Positive test results are often discussed in the forensic community due to the various possible modes ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction
Amber Capone had become afraid of her husband. The “laid-back, bigger than life and cooler than cool” man she’d married had become isolated, disconnected and despondent during his 13 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL. Typically, he was gone 300 days of the year, but when he was home, Amber and their two children walked on eggshells around him. “Everyone was just playing nice until he left again,” Amber says.
In 2013, Marcus retired from the military. But life as a civilian only made his depression, anger, headaches, anxiety, alcoholism, impulsivity and violent dreams worse. Sometimes he’d get up...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized Drugs feature Magazine Mental Health Source Type: news
Mary Jeanne Kreek, Methadone Developer, Dies at 84
A physician and neurobiologist at the Rockefeller University who specialized in addiction research, Kreek was best known for her work on developing the treatment for heroin addiction. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - March 31, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Forensic pathological study of methadone-related deaths in the Genoa (Italy) district: a six-year study - Errico S, Bedocchi D, Drommi M, Barranco R, Bonsignore A, Ventura F.
Methadone is a synthetic opioid, a pure agonist of the μ receptor. It is used for opioid maintenance therapy in heroin addiction. In recent years, Italian studies of incidence and prevalence have indicated an increase in the illegal sales of methadone and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Opioid agonist treatment could substantially reduce drug related deaths if used more widely
New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in Lancet Psychiatry today [25 February]. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - February 25, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Trends and geographic patterns in drug and synthetic opioid overdose deaths - United States, 2013-2019 - Mattson CL, Tanz LJ, Quinn K, Kariisa M, Patel P, Davis NL.
Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (synthetic opioids), which largely consist of illicitly manufactured fentanyl; psychostimulants with abuse potential (e.g., methamphetamine); and cocaine have increased in recent years, particularly s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Mexico ’s poor have little luck obtaining opioids intended for palliative care
If you ’re poor and terminally ill in southern Mexico, there’s far less chance you’ll get the painkillers you need for palliative care than your cousins in more prosperous regions, particularly those pharmacy-rich areas along Mexico–U.S. border, say UCLA researchers and colleagues who studied opioi d dispensing levels across the country.What ’s more, the researchers’ paper in the journalThe Lancet Public Health suggests it ’s likely that some of the opioids intended for Mexican citizens are ending up in American pockets.Despite a Mexican government initiative launched in 2015 to improve access to prescription...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Cannabis Dispensaries Negatively Linked to Opioid - Related Death
Particularly strong negative association seen for dispensary count with deaths caused by synthetic opioids other than methadone (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - February 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology & amp; Pain, Journal, Source Type: news
Prevalence of amphetamine-type stimulant use and related factors among methadone maintenance patients in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam: a cross-sectional study - Le NT, Khuong QL, Vu TTV, Thai TT, Le HTCH, Dao PT, Le SH, Tieu TTV, Do VD.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of amphetamine-type stimulant use and associated factors among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients. In 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 967 MMT patients at two methadone c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Unintentional buprenorphine and methadone poisoning in children: a matched observational study - Farnaghi F, Gholami N, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, McDonald R, Zamanzadeh R, Zamani N.
OBJECTIVE: To compare accidental pediatric poisoning from methadone vs. buprenorphine in terms of clinical indicators and in-hospital morbidity. METHODS: A matched observational study conducted on children aged ≤12 years admitted to our center ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
