Addiction News

Nicotine vaping cessation rates were elevated with use of a text message intervention or varenicline vs. no/minimal support or placebo, according to data published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Psilocybin-assisted therapy induced positive personality changes in adults with alcohol use disorder, which may help to improve long-term outcomes by limiting traits that encourage relapse such as impulsiveness, according to study results.

Congress recently extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities that waive a requirement for an in-person visit before a patient can receive mental health services via telehealth.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory today that includes several recommendations designed to reduce the impact of alcohol on cancer incidence and mortality.

In a cohort of English youths, those who persisted smoking tobacco from childhood to early adulthood showed significant cardiac damage by age 24 years and potentially irreversible cardiac injury, a researcher reported.

SAN DIEGO — Genetic mutations related to myelodysplastic syndrome occurred significantly more often among people who smoked than nonsmokers, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

A smaller proportion of individuals who used both e-cigarettes and cigarettes achieved nicotine abstinence vs. individuals who used only cigarettes or only e-cigarettes, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.

Although key steps have been taken to improve access to naloxone for the acute treatment of opioid overdose, more work is needed to overcome the stigma associated with the root cause — substance use disorder.

New data show that rapid initiation with once-monthly Sublocade significantly improved treatment retention vs. standard initiation among patients with opioid use disorder, according to a press release.