Disrupting Cocaine Memories Prevents Return to Cocaine Use in Rats
Preventing cocaine memories from re-strengthening in an unstable period following retrieval attenuates cocaine seeking. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 22, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Brain, Brain and Addiction, Cocaine, NIDA Notes, Prevention Research, Relapse Prevention, Basic Science Source Type: news
To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities
Expert report cites unequal progress in Southern U.S. and among marginalized groups (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 19, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: African Americans, News Release, Health Disparities, Hispanics or Latinos, HIV or AIDS, LGBT Populations, NIDAMED News, Prevention Research, Researchers, Treatment Research Source Type: news
Human Opioid Exposure Can Be Measured Using Wastewater
Using robotic technology, local levels of opioid metabolites can be measured in wastewater from individual manholes (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 3, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes, Opioids, Public Health Source Type: news
Co-located HIV Services Can Help Women Who Inject Drugs Access PrEP, Study Shows
Daily, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis medication), is proven to prevent HIV transmission from injection drug use or sex. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 22, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Science Highlight, HIV or AIDS Source Type: news
Skewed Opioid Prescribing Patterns in the United States —A Few Providers Prescribe a Large Proportion of Opioids
Only 1 percent of the providers who prescribe opioids account for almost half of all opioid doses prescribed and one-quarter of opioid prescriptions written. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 21, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes, Opioids, Relapse and Recovery, Treatment Research, Treatment, Treatment, Pain Source Type: news
Methamphetamine overdose deaths rise sharply nationwide
NIH-supported study finds biggest increase among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: American Indians and Alaska Natives, News Release, Methamphetamine, Prevention Research Source Type: news
Un estudio de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH) identifica promisorio tratamiento combinado para el trastorno por consumo de metanfetamina
Combination medication may be effective in treating adults with methamphetamine use disorder (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 13, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Clinical Trials Network, News Release, Illicit Stimulants, Methamphetamine, NIDAMED News, Researchers, Treatment Research, Addiction Science Source Type: news
Combination treatment for methamphetamine use disorder shows promise in NIH study
Combination medication may be effective in treating adults with methamphetamine use disorder (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 13, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Clinical Trials Network, News Release, Illicit Stimulants, Methamphetamine, NIDAMED News, Researchers, Treatment Research, Addiction Science Source Type: news
People With SUDs Have Increased Risk for COVID-19 and Worse Outcomes
People with a substance use disorder (SUD) at any time in their lives are 1.5 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than those without an SUD, and those with a recent SUD are more than 8 times more likely (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 13, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes, Opioids, People with Drug Use Disorders, Relapse and Recovery, Public Health, Comorbidity Source Type: news
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment
NIH-supported pilot study found team-based approach may improve buprenorphine care (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 11, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Clinical Trials Network, News Release, Illicit Opioids, NIDAMED News, Opioids, Researchers, Treatment Research, Treatment, Addiction Science Source Type: news
Substance Use Status Important When Developing HIV Therapies
Animal studies suggest that subjects with HIV who suffer from opioid use disorders may have higher viral reservoirs in the central nervous system than non-opioid users. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - December 23, 2020 Category: Addiction Tags: Science Highlight, Opioids, Treatment Research, HIV or AIDS Source Type: news
