What's the best way to treat doctors on drugs? #tellusatoday
As a licensed emergency medical technician and University of California, San Francisco, nursing student, I know that medication diversion and health care worker drug addiction is an alarming but unsurprising practice ("Doctors on drugs," USA TODAY …
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EMDR in the Treatment of Addictions
Treating these concurrent conditions would help to reduce the negative impact of addictions. EMDR has been proven effective in the treatment of PTSD and Depression. Therefore EMDR can be used as one of the effective supportive therapies in addictions.
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Med-Sci: New Edition of the ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine Available
The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release:. Senior Editor Richard Ries, MD, FASAM, ABAM Diplomate, said it is the go-to source in addiction medicine, blending scientific principles with the practical essentials of …
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Freeholder Gabor to Host Family Information Session on Addiction
The increase in treatment admissions for heroin and other opiates in Cape May County has more than doubled since 2006, which is higher than all but two counties. Statewide, the number of people seeking treatment for opiate addiction, which is often a …
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Recovering from addiction
Josh Byrum, a recovering opiate addict living in Bucyrus, also said a mental sickness clouded his judgment. “I know my thinking isn't the right thinking,” he said. “I've used drugs since I was 10 years old. My first thought was usually the wrong …
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Orexo receives US FDA approval for Zubsolv for treatment of opioid dependence
Orexo US, Inc., an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company marketing improved treatments for opioid dependence using proprietary drug delivery technology, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Zubsolv …
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Painkiller addicts hit Medicaid limits
A report commissioned by the American Society of Addiction Medicine found that Medicaid agencies in just 28 states cover all three of medications that the Food and Drug Administration has approved for opioid addiction treatment: methadone …
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