Cooperation Between Physicians and Pharmacists May Improve Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
This study found that collaborations between physicians with buprenorphine waivers and community pharmacists in the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are feasible and acceptable to both providers and patients. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - November 18, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes Source Type: news
Asymmetry in the Nucleus Accumbens May Be Linked with Substance Dependence
A NIDA-funded study found that people with some types of substance dependence exhibited less rightward asymmetry of the nucleus accumbens than did people without dependence. Additionally it found that reduced asymmetry in the nucleus accumbens was observed specifically in people with alcohol or … (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - November 8, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Cocaine, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, NIDA Notes, Basic Science Source Type: news
Media Briefing: NIH Leaders to speak at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting about NIH COVID-19 research and the neurological implications of COVID-19
Leaders from across the NIH will brief reporters about on research efforts related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - November 1, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: News Release, COVID, Mental Health, Opioids Source Type: news
Treating Hepatis C Virus and Opioid Use Disorder Together Benefits Patients
This study found that people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who inject drugs, offering buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder at the same location as HCV treatment resulted in high rates of buprenorphine initiation. People who started and maintained buprenorphine during HCV treatment … (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - October 25, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Hepatitis, HIV or AIDS, NIDA Notes, Opioids, Treatment Source Type: news
Opioid Use May Increase Susceptibility to Infection
Opioid drugs affect not only the brain and, consequently, behavior, but also numerous other body systems whose cells carry opioid receptors, including the peripheral immune system. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - October 19, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes, Opioids, Basic Science Source Type: news
