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Opioid Addiction January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

How To Deal With Adderall Addict?

Whether it is you or anyone in your family who is abusing Adderall, it will be daunting to confront them about their situation. Fortunately, there…

Opioid Addiction January 5, 2021

Am I Addicted to Xanax?

If you’ve experienced bouts of anxiety, panic attacks, or insomnia, you may have heard of Xanax. Your doctor may have even prescribed you that drug,…

Co-located HIV Services Can Help Women Who Inject Drugs Access PrEP, Study Shows
Daily, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis medication), is proven to prevent HIV transmission from injection drug use or sex.
Skewed Opioid Prescribing Patterns in the United States—A Few Providers Prescribe a Large Proportion of Opioids
Only 1 percent of the providers who prescribe opioids account for almost half of all opioid doses prescribed and one-quarter of opioid prescriptions written.
Methamphetamine overdose deaths rise sharply nationwide
NIH-supported study finds biggest increase among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Un estudio de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH) identifica promisorio tratamiento combinado para el trastorno por consumo de metanfetamina
Combinación de fármacos promete eficacia para tratar el trastorno por consumo de metanfetamina en adultos
People With SUDs Have Increased Risk for COVID-19 and Worse Outcomes
People with a substance use disorder (SUD) at any time in their lives are 1.5 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than those without an SUD, and those with a recent SUD are more than 8 times more likely
Combination treatment for methamphetamine use disorder shows promise in NIH study
Combination medication may be effective in treating adults with methamphetamine use disorder
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment
NIH-supported pilot study found team-based approach may improve buprenorphine care
Substance Use Status Important When Developing HIV Therapies
Animal studies suggest that subjects with HIV who suffer from opioid use disorders may have higher viral reservoirs in the central nervous system than non-opioid users.
Decision-Making in Ambiguous Situations Influences OUD Patients’ Relapse Risk
Patients in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) who were more comfortable making decisions when they did not know the probability of outcome had a higher risk of using opioids again.
Unraveling neuroHIV in the Presence of Substance Use Disorders
These reviews address how each of these addictive substances and HIV individually or collectively affect the immune system and subsequent clinical and behavioral outcomes