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U.S. Alcohol Consumption Guidelines May Be Changing

U.S. Alcohol Consumption Guidelines May Be Changing

For decades, Americans have been told that moderate drinking is defined as two drinks a day for men and one for women. Now, a draft report from the Dietary Advisory Committee, a panel of experts that meets every five years to examine the latest science and recommend...

FDA: Opioid Labels Must Include Info About Naloxone

FDA: Opioid Labels Must Include Info About Naloxone

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced it would require drug manufacturers to include information about naloxone on the labels of opioid painkillers. Naloxone, often referred to by the brand name Narcan, has been used in the U.S. to reverse opioid...

Proposed Bill Could Make Remote Addiction Treatment Permanent

Proposed Bill Could Make Remote Addiction Treatment Permanent

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) recently introduced the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act to support the expansion of telehealth services for substance use disorder treatment. The bill would...

Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in Their Homes

Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in Their Homes

More than 2 million people in the U.S. with an opioid use disorder (OUD) need treatment and an increasing number of individuals are receiving treatment, yet less than 20% receive effective medications such as buprenorphine. There are myriad reasons why individuals...

New NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports

New NC Statewide Overdose Surveillance Reports

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health recently updated the provisional data on opioid-related poisoning deaths (NC OCME), and the opioid overdose and unintentional med/drug overdose with potential for abuse emergency department...

Detox Update: Alcohol, Opioids, Benzodiazepines, Stimulants

Detox Update: Alcohol, Opioids, Benzodiazepines, Stimulants

Drs. Paul Martin and Michael Baca-Atlas co-presented a talk on “Detox Updates: Alcohol, Opioids, Benzodiazepines and Stimulants” at the Governor’s Institute’s recent Addiction Medicine 2020 conference. We followed up with several questions posed during the...

Stimulant Misuse

Stimulant Misuse

Dr. Thomas Kosten gave 2 presentations on Stimulant Misuse at the recent Addiction Medicine 2020 virtual conference: Epidemiology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Impact on Treatment of Stimulant Disorder and Clinical Response: Behavioral and Medication...