Date of Issue: 07/01/2021 | Volume: 9 | Number: 4&5
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Dr. Forray reviews effects of addiction during pregnancy and the current evidence for how best to treat it. Dr. Coffin lays out the nuts and bolts of naloxone prescribing for patients with opioid use disorder. Plus, an overview of addiction and addiction treatment for women who are breastfeeding, along with research updates on adjunctive CBT.
Date of Issue: 05/01/2021 | Volume: 9 | Number: 3
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How should we treat patients with stimulant use disorder? With promising treatments seemingly always just over the horizon, and still no FDA approved medications, providers can be left feeling lost. Here, we review the latest evidence with our expert Dr. de la Cruz. Also, a primer on loperamide misuse and an observational study on marijuana’s impact on quality of life.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychotherapies. It was developed in the 1960s by Aaron Beck specifically for the treatment of depression, but its core principles were quickly adapted and applied to a variety of...
The words we use in discussing addiction shape the way our patients, fellow clinicians, and communities think about substance use disorders. Addiction has long been viewed as a moral failing, and the terminology of addiction has reinforced this belief. Here,...
Originally marketed as safer alternatives to benzodiazepines, the Z-drugs—eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata), and zolpidem (Ambien)—were considered devoid of misuse potential. But recent data and FDA warnings suggest we’ve been hitting the snooze on them for too long. Here, we review...
As is frequently the case with chronic diseases, cure is often neither possible nor an appropriate goal in addiction treatment. That’s where the concept of “harm reduction” comes in. Such strategies can help prevent death, serious injury, or other negative...
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