Addiction Medicine
Conference Coverage
Emergency physicians not yet embracing buprenorphine for opioid users
SAN DIEGO – Recommendations support a new ED protocol, and addiction psychiatrists can play an important role.
Conference Coverage
In addiction, abusive partners can wreak havoc
SAN DIEGO – Strategies of abusive partners include sabotaging and discrediting their partners’ attempts at recovery, Dr. Carole Warshaw said.
Clinical Inquiries
Does using e-cigarettes increase cigarette smoking in adolescents?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Probably. Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use by adolescents is associated with a 2- to 4-fold increase in cigarette...
Applied Evidence
A patient-centered approach to tapering opioids
Simply treating opioid addiction isn’t enough. Instead, reposition your patient’s singular circumstances and needs at the center of efforts to end...
Feature
Support for medical marijuana transcends political affiliation
Use by cancer patients supported by over 80% of survey respondents, regardless of party.
News from the FDA/CDC
Vaping-linked lung injury: 2,172 cases, 42 deaths
Forty-two deaths from EVALI have been confirmed in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
Conference Coverage
Pediatricians uniquely qualified to treat adolescents with opioid use disorder
NEW ORLEANS – Increasing numbers of OUD patients are initiating buprenorphine treatment in the ED.
Conference Coverage
Opioid reduction works after minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
VANCOUVER – Two randomized trials show a reduction in prescribed opiates decreases postoperative usage with no loss...
Conference Coverage
Kratom: Botanical with opiate-like effects increasingly blamed for liver injury
BOSTON – Kratom-associated liver damage involves a mixed pattern of hepatocellular and cholestatic injury.
News from the FDA/CDC
Fentanyl-related deaths show strong regional pattern
Overdose death rates for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl are high in the East and low in the West.
From the Journals
Student vapers make mint the most popular Juul flavor
Bans that don’t include mint may not be “optimal strategies for reducing youth e-cigarette use.”