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Why Isn't Buprenorphine Available at All Pharmacies?

More access to this life-saving medication is essential

Jul 02, 2023
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Time-Restricted Eating vs Calorie Counting; Alcohol Use Disorder Among Inpatients

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Jul 01, 2023
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CDC: 'Drastic' Rise in Tranq-Related Overdose Deaths

Fentanyl involved in nearly all deaths with the powerful animal sedative

Jun 30, 2023
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MDMA Cured Extremism? Abilify Pain Cream Scheme; Ritalin's Opposite Effect in Some

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

Jun 21, 2023
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Opinion
Face to Face With Fentanyl

A Narcan kind of weekend

Jun 16, 2023
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Pope Discharged; Neurologist Drowns After Saving Daughter; Booze Tied to 61 Diseases

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

Jun 16, 2023
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Low Vitamin C in Psych Unit; MDMA Tested in Schizophrenia; Prison for Opioid Doc

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

Jun 14, 2023
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New AMA President Urges More Action on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illness

Jesse Ehrenfeld is the association's first openly gay person in the job

Jun 14, 2023
AMA over a photo of the lobby of Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Should Students Carry Naloxone? AMA Members Debate Policy Stance

Delegates also examine role in preventing border wall injuries and recidivism in jails, prisons

Jun 12, 2023
AMA over a photo of the lobby of Hyatt Regency Chicago.
States Must Stop Criminalizing Medicine, AMA Delegates Say

"This is unacceptable...and it's time for us to push back"

Jun 11, 2023
AMA over a photo of the lobby of Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Could Semaglutide Help Curb Addictive Behaviors?

Many unanswered questions should elicit attention and caution, experts say

Jun 02, 2023
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'If the Narcan Isn't Working, Give More' and Other Myths About Naloxone Use

In non-responsive patients, think polysubstance use, says addiction treatment expert Kelly Ramsey

Jun 02, 2023
A photo of Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, next to a blisterpack of a Narcan applicator.
'Succession Syndrome'; Opioid Use Disorder LAI Approved; Seizures of Ketamine Rising

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

May 31, 2023
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House Passes Bill to Address Fentanyl Overdoses

But critics say the HALT Fentanyl Act is the wrong way to approach the problem

May 26, 2023
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