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National focus on overdose prevention should include alcohol too, study suggests

October 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Opioids, Overdose

The need to prevent and rapidly treat opioid overdoses is in the spotlight. But a new study suggests more focus is needed on the risk of alcohol overdoses among people who use opioids of all kinds, and other drugs. Ninety percent of residential recovery center patients surveyed had overdosed on alcohol at least once, and 80 percent of them said that at the time of their overdose, they had also been taking other drugs.

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Other treatments can reduce need for addictive pain medication

September 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Chronic Pain, chronic pain management, Chronic pain treatment, Drug Abuse, Opiod, Opiod abuse, opiod dependancy, Opioid, opioid abuse, opioid abuse prevention, opioid abuse solutions, Opioid Addiction, opioid addiction treatment, pain, Pain Awareness Month, pain care, Pain Medication

Hardly a day goes by without the public being warned about the dangers of opioids. But still, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people die every day of opioid overdose and the problem is getting worse. A Houston Methodist pain specialist says new advancements in pain management are giving patients options.