Addiction Treatment, Science, and Dead Rats
In my last post I teased that I would write about fake science. I’ll try to make it interesting.
The internet allows everyone to do research about symptoms and treatments for any condition. If not for need for prescriptions, people could act as their own doctors. But a huge dose of caution is necessary before anyone takes that path.
Realize first that doctors don’t treat themselves or even their family members. The saying that ‘a person representing himself in court has a fool for a lawyer’ applies double in healthcare. Treating someone close to one’s self introduces a bias that is har...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - May 23, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Education Pharma pharmacology Research treatment alcohol treatment fake science FDA approval nutritional supplements Source Type: blogs
Addiction Treatment ‘Science’ and Dead Rats
In my last post I teased that I would write about fake science. I’ll try to make it interesting.
The internet allows everyone to do research about symptoms and treatments for any condition. If not for need for prescriptions, people could act as their own doctors. But a huge dose of caution is necessary before anyone takes that path.
Realize first that doctors don’t treat themselves or even their family members. The saying that ‘a person representing himself in court has a fool for a lawyer’ applies double in healthcare. Treating someone close to one’s self introduces a bias that is har...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - May 23, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Education Pharma pharmacology Research treatment alcohol treatment fake science FDA approval nutritional supplements Source Type: blogs
PrEP: Protection against HIV in a pill?
HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus) weakens the human immune system and destroys the important cells that fight disease and infection. A person can get HIV when bodily fluids — including blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, or vaginal fluids of a person with the virus — come in contact with a mucous membrane or damaged tissue. HIV can be transmitted through breast milk, or when a contaminated needle or syringe comes into direct contact with the bloodstream.
There is no cure for HIV, but with proper medical care the virus and its effects can be controlled. HIV transmission can be reduced by consistent use ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Meera Sunder, MBBS, MRCOG Tags: Health HIV Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here. This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago. I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids. I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise. It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices. I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs
Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here. This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago. I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids. I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise. It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices. I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs
Buprenorphine, Not Subbies
I’ve been writing longer and longer posts on SuboxForum so maybe I need to write more here. This blog archives twelve years of frustration over the ignorance toward buprenorphine, at least until I ran out of steam a year ago. I grew used doctors refusing to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioids. I became used to the growth of abstinence-based treatment programs, even as relapse rates and deaths continued to rise. It isn’t all bad news; I enjoyed the past couple meetings of AATOD, where people openly spoke about medication-assisted treatments without hushed voices. I feel like I’m th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Buprenorphine recovery Suboxone treatment addiction treatment stigma subs Source Type: blogs
Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers… first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name. For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’. I believe that time has come. Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post.
I’m addicted to heroin. Which treatment should I use?
I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including a...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs
Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers… first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name. For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’. I believe that time has come. Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post.
I’m addicted to heroin. Which treatment should I use?
I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including ab...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs
Help for Heroin Addiction
A couple comments for regular readers… first, watch for an upcoming change to a new name. For years I’ve debated whether to adopt a name centered on ‘buprenorphine’, rather than the more-recognizable ‘Suboxone’. I believe that time has come. Second, I’m going to ‘reset’ with some introductory comments about the proper approach to treating heroin addiction, intended for those who are seeking help – starting with this post.
I’m addicted to heroin. Which treatment should I use?
I’ve treated heroin addiction in a range of settings, including ab...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 27, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Addiction Clean Enough treatment addiction treatment Buprenorphine heroin addiction medication assisted treatment Methadone Source Type: blogs
The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective:
Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News
Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups.
The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jeffrey Junig MD PhD Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs
The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective:
Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News
Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups.
The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs
The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Error
I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective:
Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News
Even as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of health groups.
The shortage, though more significant in some places than others, has left many hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid and fentanyl — drugs given to patients undergoing surgery, fighting cancer or suffering traumatic i...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - March 26, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: admin Tags: Acute Pain Anesthesia Public policy surgery Chronic pain opioid addiction Source Type: blogs
CARA 2.0 Introduced by Bipartisan Group of Senators
A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation framed as a follow-up bill to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016. Dubbed CARA 2.0, the bill includes a combination of policy changes and increased funding authorizations that seek to restrict access to opioid-based painkillers and boost access to addiction treatment, including establishing a three-day initial prescribing limit on opioids for acute pain and aiming to increase the availability of treatment. The legislation was introduced by Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),...
Source: Policy and Medicine - March 14, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Politicians Cannot Stop Punishing Patients for the Unintended Consequences of Drug Prohibition
It seems no amount of evidence can make political leaders disabuse themselves of the misguided notion that the nation ’s opioid overdose crisis is caused by doctors getting patients hooked on prescription opioids. A group of eight senatorsunveiled the CARA(Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act) 2.0 Act on February 27, targeting the opioid crisis. It would impose a 3-day limit on all opioid prescribing for patients in acute and outpatient postoperative pain.But the movement to restrict prescriptions is not evidence-based, as prominent experts havepointed out. The politicians base their proposal on the 2016 opioidguidel...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 28, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
