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January-February 2019

Interventions and Assessments

  • Telemedicine Can Be Used to Provide Access to Buprenorphine Treatment in Rural Areas
  • Baclofen for Alcohol Use Disorder: Efficacy Unclear at Best, Harms Becoming Clearer

Health Outcomes

  • Awareness of Opioid Risks Does Not Reduce Non-medical Use by Youth
  • Buprenorphine Dose Does Not Impact Severity of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Evidence of an Association Between Alcohol Use and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  • Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Mortality in People With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

HIV and HCV

  • Antiretroviral and Opioid Agonist Treatment Improve Survival Among People With HIV Who Inject Drugs
  • Early-Onset, Regular Marijuana Use Is Associated with Learning and Memory Impairment in People Living With HIV
  • People Who Inject Drugs Have Low Knowledge of and Mixed Interest in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Prescription Drugs and Pain

  • Chronic Pain, Alcohol and Other Drug Use, and Alcohol and Drug Overdoses Among Addiction Treatment Patients
  • Chronic Opioid Therapy Risk Reduction Initiatives Did Not Reduce Opioid Overdose

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  • Update Jan-Feb 2019
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