A new study has found that the number of newborn babies in the U.S. who suffer withdrawal because their mothers take opioids has increased by a factor of five since 2000. Published in the Journal of Perinatology, the research focused on the rate of American babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). From 2009 to …
People in the ER because of an opioid overdose are more likely to enter an addiction treatment program when doctors provide medication and counseling along with a referral, a new study has found. Researchers led by Dr. Gail D’Onofrio at Yale Univesity’s Medical School tested three distinct interventions among 329 ER patients who had suffered …
What are opioids? Opioids are a powerful class of drugs used for pain management. Prescription Oxycontin, Vicodin, Dilaudid and morphine are all opioids; so is the illicit substance heroin. These drugs affect the nervous system in three areas: The brainstem, where opioids slow breathing and reduce coughing The limbic system, where opioids induce feelings of pleasure …
Researchers have discovered a similar pattern of grey-matter loss in the brain across a broad range of psychiatric disorders, suggesting that mental illnesses with differing symptoms could arise from the same neurological basis. Their findings challenge the assumption of differentiating mental disorders by symptoms rather than by brain pathology. Dr. Amit Etkin of Stanford University, …
In a troubling new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claimed that almost a third of all women of reproductive age had filled an opioid painkiller prescription every year between 2008 and 2012. Health officials warned that such a high prevalence of opioid usage raised the likelihood of birth defects. Researchers …
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that almost half of primary care physicians say they are less likely to prescribe opioids as a pain treatment today than one year ago. Nine out of ten of these physicians claimed abuse of prescription drugs is a significant problem in …
Segal Institute for Clinical Research is conducting a medical research study of an investigational medication to help opioid dependence. If you or a loved one have dependence problems with prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs such as codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, or heroin, please call us at 1-877-SEGAL-88. These studies will be conducted at: WEST BROWARD …
A new bill, called the Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act, has been introduced to the U.S. Senate and would remove federal limitations on how many patients a certified opiate addiction treatment doctor could treat. This would open doors for more health care providers to treat a larger number of patients with opiate addiction. “We’ve …
