Addiction

Several updates have been proposed for a key law upholding access to mental health and addiction care, and the federal government is taking public comments on them until Oct. 2.

The risk for theoretical opioid addiction affected some patients’ choice of pain medications after Mohs micrographic surgery, according to a study.

HHS will award almost $9 million to bolster the mental health and substance use clinician workforce in underserved areas through awards given by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Only one-quarter of residential addiction treatment centers caring for adolescents in the United States offer buprenorphine to patients with opioid use disorder, according to findings published Tuesday in JAMA.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Treatment with subcutaneous buprenorphine on a weekly or monthly basis eased cravings and withdrawals in those with opioid use disorder, per data from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology annual meeting.

Initiating heavy drinking by 11th grade was associated with higher average weekly alcohol consumption later in life, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The FDA has given clearance to an investigational new drug application for TMP-301, a treatment for cocaine use disorders, according to the drug manufacturer.

Problematic alcohol use among physicians appears to be on the rise, but self-reported studies preclude the true prevalence in the profession, according to researchers.

Wastewater-based epidemiology revealed a 286% increase in the use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy, in a New England-based rural town during the early months of the pandemic, a researcher said.

Patients of clinicians who believe the potential harms of benzodiazepines are low were at a greater risk of being prescribed them, survey results of primary care physicians showed in Annals of Family Medicine.