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02/28/2023

This commentary addresses misperceptions relating to psilocybin services in Oregon, and provides perspective on challenges that clinical toxicologists may encounter.

Psilocybin Services in Oregon

04/11/2022

Buprenorphine treatment improves quality of life in people with opioid use disorder.

People with opioid use disorder (OUD) experience lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population, but buprenorphine treatment for OUD could he…

03/22/2022

Studies show that exercise can help reduce pain, cravings, anxiety, and depression in people with opioid use disorder. Treatment works, and can help improve your quality of life in recovery.

(2022). Physical activity and exercise interventions for individuals with opioid use disorder: a scoping review. Journal of Addictive Diseases. Ahead of Print.

06/14/2021

Reasons to be cheerful. People who overcome their alcohol or drug use disorder experience much greater happiness, quality of life, and self-esteem. Let me help you achieve this goal.

D. Eddie, W. L. White, C.L. Vilsaint, B.G. Bergman, and J. F. Kelly. In Press. “Reasons to be cheerful: Personal, civic, and economic achievements after resolving an alcohol or drug problem in the United States population.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

08/23/2020

A database of resources and supports for people in recovery and people in need of assistance during the COVID-19 crisis.

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01/05/2020

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In Kentucky, where music is the lifeblood, an apprentice program run by luthiers provides meaningful jobs and helps remove the stigma of opioid addiction.

06/04/2018

In this week's Journal of the American Medical Association: Premature death from opioid-related causes imposes an enormous public health burden across the United States. There is a need for programs and policies that focus on medication-assisted treatment.

05/08/2018

NYT: "Treatment with approved medications (methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release naltrexone) must be a central component of treatment."

Readers discuss policy, a need for leadership and medical, including psychiatric, care.

03/02/2018

“Caring for these patients has become the most meaningful part of my practice.”

Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Caring for Ms. L. — Overcoming My Fear of Treating Opioid Use Disorder

02/22/2018

Benzodiazepines: our other prescription drug problem.

Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Our Other Prescription Drug Problem

02/05/2018

Children exposed to buprenorphine or methadone in utero exhibit normal development in early childhood.

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01/19/2018

“The problem is an outdated ideology that views needing a medication to function as a form of addiction.”

Buprenorphine and methadone are the most effective treatments for fighting opioid addiction. But most rehabilitation programs won’t use them.