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All articles tagged: Opioid dependence with unspecified opioid-induced disorder (F11.29)

HealthDay 08 January at 04.56 PM

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Boosts Methadone Treatment

Telehealth-delivered mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (MORE) is a feasible and effective adjunct to methadone treatment (MT) for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and pain, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in JAMA Psychiatry.Nina A. Cooperman, Psy.D., from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in P

HealthDay 08 January at 04.56 PM

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Boosts Methadone Treatment

Telehealth-delivered mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (MORE) is a feasible and effective adjunct to methadone treatment (MT) for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and pain, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in JAMA Psychiatry.Nina A. Cooperman, Psy.D., from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in P

HealthDay 02 January at 11.50 PM

Personalized Protocol Cuts Opioid Prescribing After C-Section

A personalized protocol for opioid prescriptions after cesarean delivery reduces the median morphine milligram equivalents prescribed at discharge, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.Chinonye S. Imo, M.D., from Parkland Health in Dallas, and colleagues examined whether a transi

HealthDay 21 December at 11.17 PM

FDA Approves DNA Cheek Swab Test to ID Patients at High Risk for Opioid Addiction

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind test -- the AvertD test -- that uses DNA swabbed from a patient's cheek to determine if they have a combination of genetic variants associated with an elevated risk for opioid addiction.The 15 genetic variants detected by the test are involved in the brain reward pathways t