Search results for "Alcohol use"
Did you mean "alcoholism"?
Mindful Medicine: Don't confuse correlation with causation
She had a prior history of alcohol abuse, beginning at age eight, but she had been abstinent from alcohol for several years. ... The patient denied any recent alcohol use or ingestion of any illicit substances and assured Dr.
July 2008
Test yourself
Alcohol use is not associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis. ... The patient may be advised to moderate her consumption of alcohol, but it will not alter her risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
June 2015
Primary care takes on opioid addiction
Another familiar medication, naltrexone, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid addiction in 1984 and is commonly prescribed to patients with alcohol use disorder. ... I have some outpatients who are doing very well on naltrexone,” she said
October 2017
Test yourself
In the absence of a personal or family history of abnormal bleeding, liver disease, significant alcohol use, malabsorption, or anticoagulation therapy, the likelihood of a bleeding disorder is low, and no
October 2014
Take time to discuss women's sexual health
In April, however, the FDA ordered a labeling change to allow some alcohol use, saying that women should either discontinue drinking alcohol at least two hours before taking the drug at ... option for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal
October 2019
Chronic pain
Approximately 20% of decedents with chronic pain and 31.2% of those without it had suspected alcohol use at the time of death. ... Abuse of substances other than alcohol was noted in 17.6% of decedents with and 14.8% of those without chronic pain.
September 2018
Safe prescribing can lessen overdose risk
During the same time, opioid analgesic prescribing also increased rapidly, and concomitant benzodiazepine use was common. ... Take a history, including a history of mental illness and substance abuse (including tobacco and alcohol use).
October 2016
Alcohol treatment may be shifting to primary care
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2015/10/editors.htm. This issue covers topics such as the uptick of alcohol misuse treatment in primary care, the mind-body connection between mental health and ... In our story, staff writer Mollie Durkin looks into
October 2015
Meld intuition with deliberation to sidestep diagnostic trap
Dr. Bentson then ordered a Tylenol level, salicylate level, blood alcohol and acute hepatitis panel for viruses A, B and C, as well as a serum iron and iron binding capacity; ... Bentson looked at his CBC one more time, noting that the platelet count was
March 2009
Tools to screen for alcohol abuse
One in eight adults has an alcohol problem, and four in 10 seniors drink alcohol. ... Two follow-up tools to consider include the 10-question AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test), available online, and the six-question CRAFFT (Car, Relax,
September 2012