HEALTHline: Addiction & GAADS – Part 2
HEALTHline: Addiction & GAADS – Part 2 – HEALTHline welcomes back guest, Scott Robertson, the director at GAADS (Glendale Adventist Alcohol and Drug Services) to discuss the signs and symptoms of ad…
Care and compassion needed for addicted mothers-to-be
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Standard of care for the treatment of heroin addiction, and more recently, the treatment of non-heroin opiate addiction, is maintenance therapy with methadone. The goals are to encourage and ensure safe prenatal care, prevent complications from illicit …
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COMT Inhibitors Up Adherence to Opioid Maintenance Treatment
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors provide an anticraving effect that can improve adherence to buprenorphine maintenance treatment for opioid addiction among patients who have otherwise failed the treatment …
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Synthetic marijuana use down, but real pot use up among teens
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They may experience withdrawal symptoms including trouble sleeping, irritability, anxiety and food consumption differences when they stop smoking. She said she expects those addiction rates to rise as more states legalize recreational use of marijuana.
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An Epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder
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… hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. There is no doubt that a small percentage of children, perhaps 5 percent, have the disorder and that medication can alleviate the symptoms, such as inability to concentrate …
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