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09/06/2024
A 62-year-old White man presented to our emergency department with symptoms of right-sided facial numbness and dysarthria. He also had been having abdominal pain for the previous 5 days, which was...
09/06/2024
04/14/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
04/14/2024
04/02/2024
Anne Wei; Melva Navarro; Violet Yeager, DO, MSPH; Bishoy Goubran, MD; Robert A. Moran, MD
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) or deliberate self-harm is defined as the volitional, direct injury of the body tissue without suicidal intent. Substance abuse complicates the presentation because it masks...
04/02/2024
Interactive Features
04/14/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
04/14/2024
07/10/2022
Many patients ask about using both benzodiazepines and opioids. W. Clay Jackson, MD, DipTh, asks whether you know the possible effects of combining the 2 drug classes.
07/10/2022
03/12/2019
We want to know whether you think opioids should be made illegal in the United States. Tell us your thoughts by taking this poll.
03/12/2019
09/27/2018
According to a new study, most patients who receive buprenorphine for opioid use disorder discontinue treatment in how many days?
09/27/2018
04/26/2018
A 56-year-old house painter fell off a ladder and fractured 3 ribs. He was prescribed tramadol for pain relief. A few days later, the results of a urine drug test came back positive for methadone. The man...
04/26/2018
Clinical Insights
11/17/2023
In this video, Brett Snodgrass, a nurse practitioner, provides the take-home messages from her session "Digging Deeper: Substance Use Disorder” at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2023 Virtual Series....
11/17/2023
05/11/2023
In this video, Brett Snodgrass, a nurse practitioner, provides a preview of her session "Digging Deeper: Substance Use Disorder” at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2023 Virtual Series on May 26. Ms...
05/11/2023
06/13/2022
A recent study led by Kerry Flannagan, PhD, examined how opioid use may result in pregnancy loss and lower changes of conception. Dr Flannagan answered our questions about her team’s study.
06/13/2022
01/05/2022
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about 5 top papers about the trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality, the effects of cannabis use in pregnancy, electronic health records,...
01/05/2022
05/23/2019
Ronald Martin, from the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, outlines the challenges associated with implementing a harm reduction model to combat the opioid crisis, as well as ways to overcome these...
05/23/2019
