Debate: Are Benzodiazepines Appropriate Treatments for Patients with Substance Use Disorders? Yes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Does performing pre-employment hair drug testing subsequently affect the prevalence of positive random and postaccident urine drug tests? METHODS:This cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of positive postaccident and random workplace urine drug tests for companies that perform pre-e...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Price JW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 2017, an academic health center in Chicago launched the multidisciplinary Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) to address opioid misuse across 18 inpatient units and in a new outpatient addiction medicine clinic. This report assesses the first 5 months of implementation and associations with patient heal...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Thompson HM,Hill K,Jadhav R,Webb TA,Pollack M,Karnik N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the rates and predictors of clinician recommendation for follow-up after a positive screen for unhealthy drug use, in a context of mandatory routine screening. To measure response to clinician recommendations and identification of new drug use diagnoses. METHODS:Data are from a Veterans Health Ad...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Hodgkin D,Gao W,Larson MJ,Drebing CE,Merrick EL,Pugatch M,Horgan CM,Zolotusky G,Petry NM,Saitz R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Among people living with HIV (PLWH), high levels of adherence to prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART) is required to achieve optimal treatment outcomes. However, little is known about the effects of daily pill burden on adherence amongst PLWH who use drugs. We sought to investigate the association between...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Mohd Salleh NA,Richardson L,Kerr T,Shoveller J,Montaner J,Kamarulzaman A,Milloy MJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Acknowledging the needs and challenges of women with opioid use disorder is an essential step to reduce the opioid epidemic in the United States. Efforts that can help women include increasing psychosocial services to address trauma, increasing access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder, reducing barrier...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Springer SA,Biondi BE,Frank C,El-Bassel N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Investigate patterns of methamphetamine use over time, specifically factors associated with remission from dependent and harmful patterns of use; and examine drug treatment and health/support service utilization pathways among people who use methamphetamine. METHODS:People who regularly use methamphetamine ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Lanyon C,Nambiar D,Higgs P,Dietze P,Quinn B

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical case presentation and discussion illustrates a culturally adapted alcohol and drug use intervention using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach, incorporating motivational interviewing skills. This case conference serves to complement the accompanying review articl...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Satre DD,Manuel JK,Larios S,Steiger S,Satterfield J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There are several brief screening tools for gambling that possess promising psychometric properties, but have uncertain utility in generalist healthcare environments which prioritize prevention and brief interventions. This study describes an examination of the National Opinion Research Centre Diagnostic a...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Cowlishaw S,McCambridge J,Kessler D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center includes programs across the care continuum for people with substance use disorders (SUDs), serving both inpatients and outpatients. These programs had to innovate quickly during the COVID-19 outbreak to maintain access to care. Federal and state regulatory f...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Komaromy M,Tomanovich M,Taylor JL,Ruiz-Mercado G,Kimmel SD,Bagley SM,Saia KM,Costello E,Park TW,LaBelle C,Weinstein Z,Walley AY

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is treated with peg-interferon α2a or α2b and ribavirin. International studies show that drug user adherence to treatment is 40% to 60% and increases if the patient is in addiction treatment. The aim of the Together To Take Care (TTTC) study was to achieve better adherence to HCV ther...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Curcio F,Di Martino F,Capraro C,Angelucci F,Bulla F,Caprio N,Cascone A,D'ascoli G,Focaccio F,Gaveglia M,Longobardo A,Martini S,Masucci S,Morra A,Pasquale G,Pisapia R,Plenzik M,Veneruso C,Villano G,Russo M,De Rosa

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are case reports of abuse of quetiapine, but no studies address quetiapine abuse or misuse. Most literature on the population that abuses quetiapine describes an older age group with previous substance abuse history, many of whom are in jail. The objective of this study was to evaluate national poison c...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Klein-Schwartz W,Schwartz EK,Anderson BD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Approximately 5% of adolescents in the US meet criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD), and many of them benefit from residential treatment programs at points in the course of the disorder to achieve early sobriety and stabilization. Youth with chronic medical conditions use alcohol, marijuana, and other substan...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Chadi N,Schizer M,Mountain-Ray S,Thakur A,Weitzman ER,Levy S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Opiates drug users are at much higher risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) infection than general population. We conducted this study to determine the susceptibility for pulmonary and latent TB infection in opiates drug users. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, all opiates drug users referred to drop-in...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Honarvar B,Lankarani KB,Odoomi N,Roudgari A,Moghadami M,Kazerooni PA,Abadi AH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a common chronic headache caused by overuse of headache analgesics. It has similarities with substance dependence disorders. The treatment of choice for MOH is withdrawal of the offending analgesics. Behavioral brief intervention treatment using methods adapted f...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Lundqvist C,Gossop M,Russell MB,Straand J,Kristoffersen ES

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: With the growing public interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis and cannabinoids in the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), some states have now either added or proposed to add OUD as an indication for their state's medical marijuana program. However, these initiatives are based on weak eviden...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Suzuki J,Weiss RD

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goal of our study was to examine cognitive effects of alcohol in young adults at varied levels of alcohol usage using well-validated computerized cognitive measures. METHODS:One hundred fifty-five young adults (mean age: 21.15 ± 3.092 years; 25.8% female), free from non-alcohol-related psychiatric diagn...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Harvanko AM,Odlaug BL,Schreiber LR,Grant JE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare maternal characteristics, prenatal care, and newborn outcomes in a cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women treated with methadone versus buprenorphine. METHODS:In a retrospective cohort study, 609 pregnant, opioid-dependent women were treated with methadone (n = 248) or buprenorphine (n = 361) ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Meyer MC,Johnston AM,Crocker AM,Heil SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Methadone regulations have changed minimally since 1974, despite advances in the understanding of the nature of opioid use disorder (OUD) and the role of medications in its treatment. At that time, most patients with OUD were considered to have anti-social personality disorders and the regulations aimed to exert max...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： McCarthy JJ,Jones HE,Terplan M,Rudolf VP,von Klimo MC

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest pain is the most frequent cocaine-related medical event for which patients seek treatment in inner-city emergency departments (EDs). Given that depression increases risk for poor substance use and cardiac outcomes, knowledge of correlates of depressive symptoms among these out-of-treatment cocaine users is cruci...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Wryobeck JM,Walton MA,Curran GM,Massey LS,Booth BM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in devastating mortality and morbidity consisting of socioeconomic and health effects that have included respiratory/pulmonary, cardiovascular, mental health and neurological consequences such as anxiety, depression, and substance use. Extensive efforts are underway to develop preventi...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Khalsa JH,Bunt G,Maggirwar SB,Kottilil S

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: This study characterizes patterns and correlates of prescription drug nonmedical (PDNM) use and prescription drug problem (PDP) use among U.S. adolescents. METHODS:: Using the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), we estimated annual prevalence of PDNM and PDP use. We stratified prevalence ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Simoni-Wastila L,Yang HW,Lawler J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Buprenorphine induction can be challenging for patients with chronic pain or patients who are unable to cease opioids for sufficient time to prevent precipitated opioid withdrawal. In the outpatient setting, low-dose buprenorphine induction strategies have been described to avoid these barriers; however, these strat...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Weimer MB,Guerra M,Morrow G,Adams K

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:If employee drug use plays a significant part in the incidence of workplace accidents, one would anticipate the positivity rates of postaccident drug tests to be higher than the positivity rates for random tests. Past studies examined the difference of a dichotomous outcome between 2 groups. Dichotomous (p...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Price JW

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Effective and safe pain management interventions in methadone maintenance treatment are needed. METHODS:We examined the feasibility (ie, single-session attendance) and acceptability (ie, patient satisfaction and booster session attendance) of cognitive-behavioral therapy-informed groups for pain management-...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Barry DT,Savant JD,Beitel M,Cutter CJ,Schottenfeld RS,Kerns RD,Moore BA,Oberleitner L,Joy MT,Keneally N,Liong C,Carroll KM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with psychiatric disease, substance abuse, and/or housing instability have a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, such individuals are often excluded from treatment for HCV infection because of a perceived inability to adhere to the rigorous medication regimen re...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Ho CJ,Preston C,Fredericks K,Doorley SL,Kramer RJ,Kwan L,Kamal A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively evaluate QTc changes among methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients. METHODS:All 512 opiate addicts newly admitted to 2 MMT clinics had been prospectively studied for 4.5 years. Ninety-one patients were excluded because they were admitted from other MMTs, and 26 were excluded because ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Peles E,Linzy S,Kreek MJ,Adelson M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study of the development and implementation of an opioid overdose prevention program is based on an actual clinic's experience, but information about the clinic, including details of implementation and outcome measures, has been changed. Four experts reflect on the medical, administrative, peer-support, comm...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Wilder CM,Brason FW 2nd,Clark AK,Galanter M,Walley AY,Winstanley EL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Approximately 21 million people in the United States have a substance use disorder (SUD); the number of family members impacted by a loved one's SUD is exponentially greater. Affected family members of individuals with SUDs are at high risk for developing chronic medical and psychiatric health conditions, are high u...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Ventura AS,Bagley SM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:: This study was designed to conduct a needs assessment concerning methadone counselors' experiences working with methadone-maintained patients with chronic pain and measure counselors' interest in receiving specialized training to treat such patients. METHODS:: A survey, developed by the authors, was administ...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Barry DT,Bernard MJ,Beitel M,Moore BA,Kerns RD,Schottenfeld RS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary reviews the limitations of the recent literature review by that examined the role of psychosocial interventions with medication for opioid addiction treatment. The commonly held belief that opioid agonist treatment alone is inferior treatment to such treatment combined with 'psychosocial' treatment (wh...

journal_title：Journal of addiction medicine

authors： Schwartz RP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00