A compelling conclusion applies across all scenarios – opioids should be used especially cautiously in all depressed and anxious patients.

If you’re afraid to try and afraid to feel, don’t be. In offering yourself this compassion and care, you’ll find that you are much stronger than you know.

This has to be my least favorite “joke:” “How do you know when an addict is lying?” “It’s when his/her lips are moving.” Along similar lines, at an outpatient clinic I visited while doing research for Inside Rehab, an addiction counselor facetiously said to a roomful of clients, “The one thing we know about alcoholics […]

Given the success of baclofen to help to suppress alcohol cravings, those suffering from alcohol problems should be educated about its potential benefits and risks.

These tips focus on ways to use less alcohol and can be helpful for anyone with an AUD using harm reduction, as well as for those who just want to cut back.

Exercise addiction and eating disorders can and often do interact with one another, but there are many instances where they occur in the other’s absence.

Why do we withhold access to medications scientifically proven to help those battling substance use disorders?

Different people have different goals, but naltrexone is a medication that should be offered to those struggling with alcohol problems in conjunction with the programs they work.

This is a wakeup call – we must work to change senior attitudes toward pain, doctor prescribing practices, and Medicare monitoring.

Vivitrol marketers have played directly to the prejudice against methadone and Suboxone, advertising Vivitrol as a medication for those who want to be “drug-free.”