According to a new study an estimated 1.2 million Americans have achieved long-term recovery from opioid use disorder. In the study, researchers from Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed data from the 2017 National Recovery Survey, of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults who reported resolving an opioid issue…
More than half of the 4.2 million people who misused prescription opioids during 2012–2014 were binge alcohol users, and binge alcohol users had nearly twice the odds of misusing prescription opioids, compared with abstainers. Widespread use of evidence-based strategies for preventing binge alcohol use might reduce opioid misuse and overdoses involving alcohol…
A new study by the CDC reports more than 4.2 million Americans who misused prescription opioids between 2012 and 2014 also engaged in binge alcohol use. People who binged on alcohol were nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription opioids as abstainers…
Andis Robeznieks, Senior Staff Writer at the AMA Wire®, has written an analysis of the impact of the opioid epidemic on women, pointing to the problem of gender neutral treatment and the lack of understanding how the epidemic affects women’s lives…
Nonmedical Prescription Opioid and Heroin Use Among Adolescents Who Engage in Sports and Exercise
Daily participation in sports and exercise may serve as a protective factor with respect to NPOU and heroin use…
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