Search results for "Addiction, Abuse, and Misuse"
Detecting unhealthy drug use
The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing isolation and stress have been associated with a sharp increase in substance use as a coping mechanism, as well as drug overdose deaths.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/03/detecting-unhealthy-drug-use.htm
1 Mar 2021
Planned safe injection site aims to curb overdose deaths
Founders of a new nonprofit in Philadelphia are attempting to open the nation's first legal overdose prevention site.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2020/01/planned-safe-injection-site-aims-to-curb-overdose-deaths.htm
1 Jan 2020
Broad efforts needed to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths
Internists can intervene in alcohol-related traffic deaths by counseling patients against riding with impaired drivers, promoting local sobriety checkpoints, and supporting mass-media campaigns against alcohol-impaired driving, among other measures.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/05/broad-efforts-needed-to-reduce-alcohol-related-traffic-deaths.htm
1 May 2018
A ‘smart’ approach to performance drugs
An increasing prevalence of the use of cognitive-enhancing substances, or so-called “smart drugs,” among healthy people has raised concerns among internists and medical ethicists.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/11/a-smart-approach-to-performance-drugs.htm
1 Nov 2017
New labeling on long-acting opioids, fluoroquinolones
This regulatory update covers a labeling change for all long-acting opioid analgesics, and another on fluoroquinolone drugs to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2013/11/fda.htm
1 Nov 2013
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https://acpinternist.org/archives/2013/11/acpi-201311-coding_t1.pdf
12 Dec 2013