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More than a quarter of Americans -- and one in three millennials -- say they know someone addicted to opioids

APA: Americans Believe Tx Not Punishment Best for Opioid Crisis

Poll finds 58 percent for prioritizing access to treatment; 26 percent for more punishment
Sublingual buprenorphine is associated with shorter duration of treatment than oral morphine for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

PAS: Buprenorphine Beneficial in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Sublingual buprenorphine linked to shorter duration of treatment, length of hospital stay
Health care professionals need to recognize exercise addiction and understand its risks

Clinician Awareness of Exercise Addiction May Be Lacking

Screening questions should focus on emotional connection to exercise, whether it interferes with life
Opioid addicts who get their medical care in settings such as primary care offices and hospitals

Mortality Up for Opioid Addicts Not Treated in Addiction Clinics

Those treated in primary care, hospitals twice as likely to die as those treated in addiction centers
Short-term memory loss may be yet another price of America's opioid addiction epidemic

Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Seen With Opioid Abuse

Drug abuse may cause an unusual short-term memory syndrome
A genetic variant associated with opioid addiction may lead to personalized treatment for the condition

Gene May ID Patients Needing Higher Doses of Methadone

Specific gene affects patients with African ancestry
Supported by the American Medical Association

AMA Highlights Role of Patient Shame in Opioid Disorders

Webinar on patient shame forms part of Providers' Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Young adults in the United States are more likely to become addicted to prescription opioids than they were in years past

Opioid Use Disorder, Heroin Use Up Among Young Adults

Study also finds abuse of opioids often precedes heroin use
Internet addiction may signal other mental health issues among college students

Internet Addiction May Indicate Other Mental Health Issues

Over-reliance on the web possibly linked to depression, anxiety, and impulsivity in college kids
Doctors aren't using one of the most effective weapons at their disposal in battling addiction to prescription opioids -- buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone)

Buprenorphine-Naloxone Use in Medicare Patients Low

Prescribers represent less than 2 percent of the 381,575 prescribers with 56.5 million opioid claims