The Ohio Attorney General selected experts from a number of academic fields to the Scientific Committee on Opioid Prevention and Education (SCOPE) to help the State of Ohio in tackling the opioid crisis in the United States. The focus of SCOPE is the application of scientific principles in the development of prevention and educational strategies for reducing substance use disorder (SUD). SUD education for healthcare workers was one of SCOPE's main areas of interest. The objective of the present was to identify the content and extent to which future healthcare professionals are trained in pain...

Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from increased social support and, more crucially, change their behaviour to prevent the virus from spreading to others. One of the most major methods of HIV transmission is through medication injections, and this group is responsible for the spread of HIV since they are ignorant of their illness. The coexistence of HIV and other opportunistic infections and illnesses...

Il s’agit d’une étude, menée par l’Université de Bristol et publiée dans Addiction Journal. Il a été financé par l’Institut national de recherche en santé (NIHR), le partenaire de recherche du NHS, de la santé publique et des services sociaux.

Les pharmacothérapies les plus efficaces pour arrêter de fumer sont les thérapies combinées, en particulier la varénicline et la thérapie de remplacement de la nicotine (TRN). La varénicline, le bupropion et les TRN sont recommandés comme traitements de première intention pour arrêter de fumer par le National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...