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AMA Task Force Releases Naloxone Statement. October 29th, 2015. A document released by the American Medical Association Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse in October, “Help save lives: Increase access to naloxone,” strongly encourages widespread access to naloxone as well as broad Good Samaritan protections to those who aid someone experiencing an overdose. To read the document. NC Division of Public Health Releases their Annual Report to the NC Medical Society. October 29th, 2015. Continue in their vital...
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Breaking Cycle of Pain and Stress in Chronic Pain Patients Dependent on Opioids « Substance Abuse Resources for NC Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals
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Breaking Cycle of Pain and Stress in Chronic Pain Patients Dependent on Opioids. July 24th, 2015. Doctors at Stanford University are trying to help people dependent on opioid painkillers break the vicious cycle in which physical pain and emotional distress exacerbate one another. The Stanford program takes a different approach, by using a combination of medical, physical and behavioral management to help patients learn to cope with their pain. They learn to treat it like other chronic conditions, suc...
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R E Martin and Associates. Alcoholics Anonymous is a twelve-step self help fellowship. Http:/ www.aa.org/. Al-Anon is there for families. Http:/ www.al-anon.org/. Nar-Anon is for families whose members have a drug addiction. Http:/ www.nar-anon.org/. Narcotics Anonymous is a twelve-step self help group that is available for people who want to be sober from drugs. Http:/ www.na.org/. Http:/ www.sbirtnc.org/. Http:/ www.preventionservices.org/. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Narcotics Division. Ttp:/ www...
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Born Into Suffering: More Babies Arrive Dependent on Drugs « Substance Abuse Resources for NC Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals
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Born Into Suffering: More Babies Arrive Dependent on Drugs. July 24th, 2015. Being born into suffering is becoming ever more common as research shows a continuing surge in drug-dependent infants amid a national epidemic of pain pill and now heroin abuse, with no end in sight. Admissions of these babies to U.S. neonatal intensive care units nearly quadrupled from 2004 through 2013, from seven to 27 per 1,000 admissions, a recent study. Funded wholly or in part by the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and...
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Archive for the ‘Content’ Category. Obama Administration Addresses Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use. November 10th, 2015. The President issued a Memorandum to Federal Departments and Agencies, directing them to (1) ensure that prescribers of opioids are properly trained and to (2) improve access to treatment for prescription drug abuse and heroin use. ASAM Releases New Policy Statement on Marijuana, Cannabinoids, and Legalization. November 10th, 2015. Can Genetic Testing Prevent Methadone Deaths?
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Many opioid overdoses linked to lower prescribed doses, intermittent use « Substance Abuse Resources for NC Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals
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Many opioid overdoses linked to lower prescribed doses, intermittent use. July 28th, 2015. Overdoses of opioid pain medications frequently occur in people who aren’t chronic users with high prescribed opioid doses–the groups targeted by current opioid prescribing guidelines, reports a study in the August issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer. A Project of the Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse and the North Carolina Society of Addiction Medicine.
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Department of Justice Wants More Inmates in Prison Drug Abuse Treatment Program « Substance Abuse Resources for NC Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals
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Department of Justice Wants More Inmates in Prison Drug Abuse Treatment Program. July 24th, 2015. The Bureau of Prisons, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, is proposing revisions to residential drug abuse treatment program regulations to allow greater inmate participation in the program, The Hill. A Project of the Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse and the North Carolina Society of Addiction Medicine.