• Red Flags and the Standard of Care
  In summary, in opioid-treated chronic pain populations, ADRBs are very common, addiction as a consequence of treatment is very uncommon, undertreatment of chronic pain is very common, and pain experts lack uniformity in interpreting the relative importance and significance of various ADRBs. Given this context, leaping to a conclusion that any particular behavior is caused by substance abuse or diversion of prescribed medication is unwarranted and represents a failure to employ a proper medical evaluation process.
  By docalex in War on Doctors / Pain Crisis with aberrant addiction adrb chronic-pain diversion opioid opioid-therapy prescription-drug substance-abuse
• War on Doctors / Pain Crisis
  War on Doctors / Pain Crisis - the Blog of the Pain Relief Network (PRN), an organization of pain patients, pain docs, and pain relief advocates dedicated to the abolition of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) which imposes a defacto federal regulation of Medicine, a right constitutionally reserved to the states.
  By docalex in War on Doctors / Pain Crisis with controlled-substances csa dea federalism opioid-therapy pain prn substance-abuse
• Alkermes launches the first-ever injectable drug to treat alcoholism - The Boston Globe
  The first-ever injectable drug to help alcoholics stay sober officially hit the market yesterday: Vivitrol , a once-a-month shot made by Cambridge biotechnology company Alkermes Inc.
  By docalex in Substance abuse, Abstinence, Harm Reduction with alcohol-use-disorder alcoholism naltrexone pharmacotherapy substance-abuse vivitrol
• Whatever Happened to Controlled Drinking.
  In the '60s and '70s, the topic of controlled drinking as an intervention goal was a flashpoint for controversy. Three decades later, moderate problem-free drinking is widely reported as a treatment outcome, and has become a mainstream early intervention goal. -- Even when the announced treatment goal is abstention, about 10% of treated cases are found to be drinking moderately at follow-up. Empirical guidelines are presented for estimating the probability of a client succeeding with moderation versus abstinence, based on scores from the Alcohol Dependence Scale and the MAST.
  By docalex in Substance abuse, Abstinence, Harm Reduction with abstinence addiction controlled-drinking harm-reduction substance-abuse by 2 users
• War on Doctors and the Pain Crisis
  Now defunct RSS feed of the Addiction, Pain and Public Health website - doctordeluca.com. This feed has been replaced by the War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog and associated RSS feed: http://www.doctordeluca.com/wordpress/ http://www.doctordeluca.com/wordpress/feed/
  By docalex in War on Doctors / Pain Crisis with addiction dea diversion law-enforcement medicine opioid pain prescription-drug substance-abuse treatment

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