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- Tailoring Treatment to Motivation Levels
When individuals enter treatment for alcohol or drug addiction, they begin with varying levels of motivation to succeed. This can have a significant impact on outcomes with a treatment program, often determining the success that the individual will have in completing the program. Read More…
- Buprenorphine Implant Shows Promising Effects in Treating Opioid Addiction
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have found that a new time-released form of buprenorphine that is placed under the skin can significantly help treat opioid addiction and prevent risk of relapse.
- Outreach Program Helps Street-Based Sex Workers with Drug Rehab
A mobile access outreach program run by both current and former sex workers is responsible for increasing substance abuse treatment admission rates among female street-based sex workers, especially those considered at highest risk. Researchers from British Columbia’s Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have found a link between the mobile outreach program and a rise in entries to inpatient addiction treatment services, including detoxification and residential drug treatment, among the sex worker population.
- NIDA Honors Scientists for Developing Medication to Combat Addiction
Immunotherapy, gene therapy, herbal extracts, and inhibitor compound optimization are some the revolutionary and potentially new forms of clinical treatment in the country’s fight against one of its most widespread diseases: addiction.
- Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Older Adults Has Doubled
In the midst of increasing unemployment, loss of income, and homelessness across the American population, substance abuse treatment facilities are also experiencing a rise in admissions—particularly among adults aged 50 and older—that has more than doubled in the past 17 years. With older adults comprising more than 30% of the American population, their healthcare needs are expected to put a strain on the nation’s current substance abuse treatment resources as they continue to age.
- Researchers Study a New Potential Treatment Method for Cocaine Addiction
Disulfiram, the generic name for the brand-name drug Antabuse, has been used in medical settings to help people with alcohol dependency stay sober by making them extremely sensitive to alcohol. Five to ten minutes after drinking a small amount of alcohol, patients may experience the effects of a severe hangover, including nausea, vomiting, headache, shortness of breath, and accelerated heart rate that can last from 30 minutes to a several hours.
- Study Finds that Reducing MicroRNAs in Mice Helps with Cocaine Addiction
Researchers have been searching for a treatment for cocaine addiction for years, and a new study finds suggests that a treatment be closer than ever before.
- UFC Fighter Beats Prescription Drug Addiction
It’s not often that an MMA fighter is thankful for a drug suspension, but James Irvin’s positive drug test in 2008 forced him to overcome a painkiller addiction, the UFC fighter tells The Canadian Press.
- Report Reveals High Cost of Untreated Substance Abuse Disorders in Prison System
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) released a comprehensive report on the cost and consequences of untreated substance abuse disorders in the nation’s correctional system, entitled “Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population.”
- Dr. Drew Says He’ll Stop When Addiction Stops
As the host of three seasons of “Celebrity Rehab,” Dr. Drew Pinsky understands that he might seem hypocritical when he tells people not to fixate on celebrities’ lives.