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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Local, Accessible, Flexible: How the Pandemic Taught Us About Opioid Addiction Treatment and Reducing Overdose Risk

It’s now the spring of 2023. Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S. and changed life for almost everyone in the country, including people seeking opioid...
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Monday, March 13, 2023

Opioids Can Increase Social Isolation and Sense of Rejection

Since March 2020, one public health crisis has dominated our attention: the COVID-19 pandemic. For people who use opioids or have opioid use disorder, feelings of social isolation increased...
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Opioid Crisis Report: Injecting Drugs Causes Increase in Rates of Infective Endocarditis (Heart Valve Disease)

As the overdose and opioid crisis continues to cause harm to individuals, families, and communities across the Untied States, doctors and other medical professionals have begun reporting new negative...
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Monday, February 27, 2023

Use of Acupuncture in Pain Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Can acupuncture help people with chronic pain and substance use disorder? Over the past 24 years, the overdose, opioid, and substance use disorder crisis in the United States has...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

How Physical Therapy Can Reduce the Risk of Opioid Use Disorder

In 2023, the way we approach healthcare is different than the way we did just twenty years ago. This is particularly true with regard to mental health, psychological health,...
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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Medication for Opioid Overdose Underused

According to data published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the overdose crisis has claimed over a million lives in the United States since 1999. Among these overdose...
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Monday, February 13, 2023

How Race and Racism Impact Treatment for Addiction During Pregnancy

As the opioid crisis continues to cause significant harm to individuals in every demographic group across the United States, treatment providers, policymakers, and research scientists continue to explore every...
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Monday, January 30, 2023

Data-Driven Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Hamilton County, Ohio

It’s no secret to Ohioans – or anyone paying attention to the news – that the opioid and drug overdose epidemic hit the state of Ohio hard. From suburban...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Disparities in Access to Methadone: Nationwide Analysis 2017-2019

In 2019, the opioid use and overdose crisis was considered the primary public health crisis facing people in the U.S. The crisis – also known as the opioid epidemic...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Substance Use in Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Challenges in Outpatient Treatment

As the opioid crisis moves into its fourth decade, experts indicate that the latest wave – called the fourth wave – is complicated by three factors. The first factor...
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