Keeping you in-the-know about addiction and recovery.
Pregnancy and Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid use during pregnancy carries high risks for the unborn child, including preterm birth, stillbirth, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS for a newborn is an excruciating process of withdrawal from opioids the child has been exposed to in the womb. Given these facts, treating women with opioid abuse disorder
Aware Recovery Care Brings In-Home Addiction Treatment to Kentucky
Louisville, KY (Dec. 6, 2022) – Aware Recovery Care announced this week it would soon begin providing its highly successful in-home addiction treatment services in Kentucky, offering those suffering from substance abuse disorder the chance to recover from drug and alcohol addiction in the privacy of their own home. The
A New Fentanyl Danger Identified
As fentanyl’s deadly rampage continues, frontline physicians across the U.S. are seeing another profoundly troubling development. Fentanyl creates a much more difficult withdrawal for patients treated with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Why is that important? Because buprenorphine is one of just two drug therapies available to help patients manage what
Animal Tranquilizer Contaminating Illicit Drugs
The potentially deadly animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly found in heroin, fentanyl, and other illicit drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine. The problem is so severe the FDA has alerted healthcare workers to watch for patients who may have been exposed to the drug. The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Could Virtual Reality Help Those in Recovery
Therapists are increasingly using virtual reality (VR) technology to help people overcome phobias, PTSD, and other disorders. Indiana University researchers believe it can also help people in recovery from addiction, allowing those in recovery to “interact” with future healthy versions (avatars) of themselves. Discover Mental Health[I] recently published a pilot study
Alcohol’s Deadly Toll in America
A new report published in JAMA Network Open shows the devastating effects of alcohol in America. Alcohol causes more than one in eight deaths among those under 65. The number is one in five for young adults between the ages of 20 and 49. Think about that for a moment.
Mindfulness and Recovery
Mindfulness and Recovery Mindfulness is an idea first conceived over 2,500 years ago. So what is it exactly? According to the Oxford Dictionary, it’s “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.” Researchers have long
Will New Addiction Strategy in Rhode Island Become National Trend?
Next year, a bold experiment in harm reduction will open in Rhode Island. Organized by Project Weber/Renew in Providence, Rhode Island, the first supervised drug use site authorized by a state will open. State authorities recently approved the project for a two-year trial. Is the concept new? No – Canada,
New Study of Young Women Suggests Link Between Binge Drinking and COVID-19 Infections
As researchers continue to sort through COVID-19 health data, a team at Rutgers University has found a link between binge drinking by women in their 20s and higher rates of COVID-19 infection. The study[i], published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, found that women aged 25-28 who reported binge drinking (drinking
New Fentanyl Warning Issued by The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is now warning the public to be on the lookout for a new colorful form of fentanyl, referred to as “rainbow fentanyl.” The DEA believes this version of the drug is now widely available in the U.S. Rainbow fentanyl comes in pill and powder
Addinex Technologies to Team Up with Aware Recovery Care On $260K Grant from The CDC To Improve Addiction Medication Dispensing
Addinex Technologies, Inc., a healthcare technology company focused on the innovation of medication dispensing, has been awarded a $260K Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve on existing addiction medication dispensing for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
Aware Recovery Care Expands Operations in Indiana
Aware Recovery Care has expanded its unique in-home addiction treatment program to serve individuals living in the Bloomington, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Gary regions of Indiana. The expansion comes at a time when an estimated 2,755 Hoosiers are dying annually from drug overdoses. Aware Recovery Care provides team-based In-Home
