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WASHINGTON – The nation is at the front-end of a potential epidemic, as synthetic marijuana and synthetic hallucinogens known as "bath salts" gain popularity, especially among youth, officials warned Feb. 16. "There has been a shocking increase in the number of people having adverse... »
FDA Issues One REMS for All Transmucosal Fentanyl
The Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 28 approved a class-wide risk management program for all transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl formulations. The TIRF REMS [transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy] Access program is the agency’s first class-wide... »
IOM Calls for Research on E-Cigs, Tobacco Lozenges
Modified-risk tobacco products – such as e-cigarettes and tobacco lozenges that may reduce the health risks of using tobacco – could represent part of a comprehensive strategy to combat tobacco-related disease and death, but too little is known about whether they actually pose less risk than do... »
WASHINGTON – The nation is at the front-end of a potential epidemic, as synthetic marijuana and synthetic hallucinogens known as "bath salts" gain popularity, especially among youth, officials warned Feb.... »
Video Games: What You'd Really Rather Not Know
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO. – Internet/video game addiction disorder is a diagnosis that’s not to be found in the Fourth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Nor after considerable controversy will it make its... »
Nearly 40 Million U.S. Adults Binge-Drank in 2010
Binge drinking appears to be more common in the United States than previously thought, with about 17% of adults aged 18 years and over engaging in the behavior each month. About 38 million U.S. adults went on at least one... »
WASHINGTON – The nation is at the front-end of a potential epidemic, as synthetic marijuana and synthetic hallucinogens known as "bath salts" gain popularity, especially among youth, officials warned Feb.... »
Botox Improves Migraine Regardless of Medication History
BERLIN – People never treated for their chronic migraines and those who failed a previous first-line medication reported similar reductions in frequency of headache days after treatment with onabotulinumtoxinA in a post hoc... »
Play Sheds Light on Addiction, Encourages Physicians to Screen Patients
WASHINGTON – On the last night of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s annual conference, four actors took the place of panelists in a ballroom that earlier had served as a space for discussing various aspects... »
Betty Ford never intended to become a symbol and international advocate for substance abuse treatment. At the close of Gerald R. Ford’s presidency in early 1977, the first lady anticipated a quiet retirement with her husband... »
No Science Behind ‘Internet Addiction’
The number of people seeking treatment for ‘Internet addiction’ is increasing, but a review of 417 articles reveals there is little hard science for a distinct diagnosis. Photo credit: D.... »
Is Addiction Really 'Voluntary?'
DR. CHATLOS is a psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He also serves as associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New... »
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