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Double trouble: opioids and pain among people with substance use disorders
Against the use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain to people who have active substance use disorders advises the third recommendation in the new
Annual review: Summaries, essays and productive conferences
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Topiramate prevents seizures in people with epilepsy. Previously, we looked at all studies to see whether Topiramate can help treat cocaine addiction,
What do persons on methadone in primary care think about alcohol screening?
Enhancing alcohol screening and brief intervention among people receiving opioid agonist treatment: Qualitative study in primary care New Paper Out
Changing the ways of CPDD – College on Problems of Drug Dependence – June 12-16, #CPDD2016
Change is the ultimate law of life. Those that do not change and adapt, do not survive. In the life of scientific meetings, this means constantly
New study out now: Replacing heroin with alcohol upon entry to methadone?
April 4: Methadone is a medication used in treatment of people with dependence from heroin or other opioids. Many people who take it drink too much
New paper out now: Primary care distributes life-saving medication for 17 years
The year was 1996 and Ireland was recovering from a recent heroin epidemic. Methadone, a medical replacement drug for heroin, was jut making its way
Irish doctors trained to save by the nose
Can junior doctors learn to spray a life-saving medication into noses of people who overdosed on opioids? A new study from Ireland attempted to answer