A study funded by the NIH found that adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) who take higher doses of buprenorphine, an opioid addiction treatment medication, have a lower risk of emergency department or inpatient visits related to behavioral...
Cos'è Naloxone?
Il naloxone è un farmaco progettato per invertire rapidamente il sovradosaggio di oppioidi. È un antagonista degli oppioidi, il che significa che si lega ai recettori degli oppioidi e può invertire e bloccare gli effetti di...
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...
Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS.
The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis of...
This articles discusses the central importance of studying drugs’ effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.
Drugs can alter the way people think, feel, and behave by...
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda.
The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...
Negli Stati Uniti, meno del 10% degli adulti con problemi di salute mentale concomitanti e disturbi da uso di sostanze ricevono un trattamento per entrambi. Il 50% non riceve cure per nessuno dei due.
Ciò evidenzia la grande discrepanza...
Una nuova ricerca finanziata dal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ha rilevato che gli studenti universitari che consumano regolarmente bevande energetiche hanno maggiori probabilità di sviluppare disturbi da uso di alcol più avanti...
Questo uso improprio di oppioidi da prescrizione è una delle principali sfide per la salute pubblica. La buprenorfina-naloxone (bup-nx) è tipicamente usata per trattare i disturbi da uso di oppioidi. Tuttavia, la sperimentazione clinica del...
La gestione delle contingenze (CM) è una terapia comportamentale ampiamente utilizzata per i disturbi da uso di sostanze. Offre ricompense materiali per la partecipazione alle sessioni e l'adesione ai corsi di farmaci prescritti, tra gli...
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
