Substance Use Archives - Clinical Advisor

Teens who use alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, or illegal drugs are more likely to develop life-long substance abuse disorder than those who start at a later age.

If you prescribe opioids, inform your patients how to safeguard them. A locked cabinet or medicine safe box can ensure that only the patient has access. Should your patient no longer choose to use opioids, he or she can safely dispose of them through a drug take-back location, such as a local pharmacy or law enforcement.

News, Psychiatry Information Center

US Overdose Deaths Soared During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 20, 2021

Increase is largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

Practice Management Information Center

FDA Clamping Down on Abuse of an OTC Decongestant

April 9, 2021

Makers of inhalers that contain the nasal decongestant propylhexedrine should make design changes to prevent misuse, the FDA says.

NAPNAP 2021

How to Recognize SUD-Related Abuse and Neglect in Families

By

Nikki Kean

March 29, 2021

Clinicians, including pediatric NPs, are in the perfect position to screen children for signs of abuse or neglect related to substance use disorders in families.

Psychiatry Information Center

Alcohol Withdrawal Rates Up in Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic

March 12, 2021

During the pandemic, there was an increase in alcohol withdrawal rates among hospitalized patients, with a peak at the end of the stay-at-home period.

Cardiovascular Disease Information Center

Recreational Substance Use Linked to Premature Atherosclerotic CVD

February 23, 2021

Recreational substance use is associated with an increased likelihood of premature and extremely premature ASCVD, according to a new study.

Psychiatry Information Center

Expert Perspective: The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19

By

Benjamin Williams

February 15, 2021

Learn more about the overlapping crises of the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic in this interview with pain specialist Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA, the Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.