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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
Pennsylvania Hospital Becomes OUD Treatment Model after Working with PCSS during Pilot Program
Hanover Hospital and its affiliated healthcare clinics has become a model for how a healthcare system that is fully engaged in embracing evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorders can make significant change.
A little more than a...
A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Whether financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) promote smoking cessation among unselected smokers is unknown.
METHODS
We randomly assigned smokers employed by 54...
Treat Addiction Like Cancer
Likewise cancer, addiction is a complex disease that requires being addressed by an integral, balanced and multidisciplinary approach. Currently, within the healthcare systems, there are available treatment options for cancer that are...
Patrones de consumo de heroína en una cárcel de la frontera norte de México: barreras de acceso a tratamiento
RESUMEN
Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia del consumo de heroína, los patrones de inicio, el alto consumo y la dependencia a esta sustancia e identificar barreras que impidan a los adictos acudir a tratamiento. Material y métodos: El...
Webinar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Overview
A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website.
The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...
Transferring Patients from Methadone to Buprenorphine: The Feasibility and Evaluation of Practice Guidelines
ABSTRACT
Introduction and Aims: Transfer from methadone to buprenorphine is problematic for many opioid-dependent patients, with limited documented evidence or practical clinical guidance, particularly for the range of methadonedoses...
Costo della fornitura di terapia sostitutiva con oppioidi a Tijuana, Messico
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Sfondo
Il Messico ha recentemente promulgato una riforma della politica sulle droghe per depenalizzare il possesso di piccole quantità di droghe illecite e ha imposto alla polizia di indirizzare i consumatori di sostanze...
OPIÁCEOS: Guías Clínicas SOCIDROGALCOHOL basadas en la evidencia científica
Este documento forma parte de las Guías Clínicas SOCIDROGALCOHOL, basadas en la evidencia científica. Es de utilidad para los profesionales que atienden a personas con problemas por consumo de heroína y otros opiáceos.
La evidencia...
Drug Addiction: Is Brain Stimulation the Answer?
Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation has allowed researchers to reduce how "excited" the brains of chronic cocaine and alcohol users become in response to drug cues.
Drug addiction is a chronic disease affecting 5.4 percent of the...
Cannabinoids in Glioblastoma Therapy: New Applications for Old Drugs
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant brain tumor and one of the deadliest
types of solid cancer overall. Despite aggressive therapeutic approaches consisting of
maximum safe surgical resection and radio-chemotherapy, more than 95% of...
Factors Related to Simultaneous Cocaine and Alcohol Use for Clients in Treatment
Research shows that alcohol and cocaine are frequently used simultaneously.
Formulazioni oppioidi deterrenti all'abuso
Astratto
Formulazioni di oppioidi deterrenti all'abuso sono state suggerite come un modo per ridurre l'abuso, la dipendenza e il sovradosaggio di oppioidi prescritti per via orale. Dieci formulazioni orali di oppioidi hanno ricevuto l...
Genetic Etiology for Alcohol-Induced Cardiac Toxicity
Abstract
Background: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is defined by a dilated and impaired left ventricle due to chronic excess alcohol consumption. It is largely unknown which factors determine cardiac toxicity on exposure to alcohol.
Obje...
Efficacia della Banca Cellulare della Matrice: Trattamento Psicosociale; Individui, non programmi
Ogni trattamento comporta un'interazione umana diretta o indiretta, ma questa cellula riguarda interventi in cui l'interazione è l'ingrediente principale, dai gruppi di mutuo sostegno fino ai programmi psicologici erogati professionalmente...
Alcohol Consumption Reduction among a Web-Based Supportive Community Using the Hello Sunday Morning Blog Platform: Observational Study
ABSTRACT
Background: Alcohol misuse is a major social and public health issue in Australia, with an estimated cost to the community of Aus $30 billion per annum. Until recently, a major barrier in addressing this significant public health...
A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Modafinil for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence without Co-Morbid Alcohol Dependence
Like methadone for heroin dependence, modafinil is an oral medication with similar effects to cocaine but milder, slower in onset and longer-acting - properties which might help plug the gap in effective pharmacotherapies for dependence on...
Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Treatment Completion
A study exploring the completion of outpatient substance use disorder treatment has highlighted racial and ethnic health disparities.
The research team utilised a sample of 416,224 outpatient discharges in the study which found people of...
Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Smoke-Free Policies in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Many persons with mental or substance use disorders who smoke want to and can quit smoking.
Impatto di un programma di formazione online negli interventi per smettere di fumare degli operatori ospedalieri in Bolivia, Guatemala e Paraguay
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Obiettivo
Esaminare i cambiamenti negli interventi degli operatori ospedalieri prima e dopo la formazione online.
Metodo
Valutazione pre-post delle prestazioni auto-riferite delle 5A da parte dei lavoratori ospedalieri delle...
Matrice di trattamento farmacologico della banca di efficacia riga 3: medici e farmaci
È tempo di consolidare le lezioni delle ultime cinque puntate del corso online sul trattamento della droga, tutte sul trattamento medico della tossicodipendenza. I farmaci contrassegnano più chiaramente un intervento come "medico", ma non...