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Does the age at which one first experiments with a drug influence whether one develops an addiction to that drug? That's a question researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (a division of NIH) are seeking to answer. Their findings, recently published in JAMA Pediatrics, suggest age does matter…
As cases of opioid abuse disorder continue to climb in the U.S., researchers at Penn State and Syracuse University have made a discovery. Unmarried young adults are at the greatest risk of abusing opioid drugs. The findings can be found in "Opioid misuse and family structure: Changes and continuities in…
Buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone are all drugs used to treat those addicted to opioids. Each helps relieve the opioid cravings so common during recovery while in some cases also helping reduce the painful symptoms of withdrawal. In a paper just published in JAMA Network Open, researchers discovered something else about…
A recent report in the journal Family Medicine & Community Health suggests that teens and young adults are abusing stimulants and tranquilizers at a troubling rate. The study's authors analyzed the responses of 110,556 12–25-year-olds in the U.S. who completed the 2015-2018 National Survey of Drug Use and Health to…
It's long been feared that treating patients addicted to opioids with buprenorphine while those patients were also using various benzodiazepines (i.e., sedating drugs such as Valium, Xanax, and Ativan, etc.) might cause harm. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have just released data on 23,000 patients…
Beginning on March 1, 2021, Aware Recovery Care of Indiana will begin actively serving individuals struggling with addiction to alcohol and/or drugs in the greater Indianapolis region. Aware is known for its novel pandemic safe, in-home addiction treatment model – one that brings care to those in need in the…
The year 2020 will go down in history in the annals of healthcare. Yes – the COVID-19 pandemic has gotten the most attention. Less often mentioned is the terrifying impact the pandemic had on alcoholism and drug abuse in America. Early data suggests that 2020 will be the deadliest year…
Twenty million Americans struggle with alcoholism. That was a fact before the pandemic began. It is becoming clear the degree to which COVID-19 has exacerbated an already deadly problem. Rates of alcohol consumption in the spring of 2020 were up 14%, while heavy drinkers consumed nearly 30% more than in…
Some 20 million Americans suffer from alcoholism or alcohol use disorder. And the problem has only intensified during the pandemic. One of the significant challenges to recovering from an addiction to alcohol and many drugs is withdrawal. That's what happens to your body when an addictive substance is removed from…
Aware Recovery Care, a pioneer in the in-home addiction treatment space, today announced that it has raised a significant growth investment to support rapid expansion and increased access to high-quality, whole-person healthcare. Aware’s In-Home Addiction Treatment (IHATTM) program is backed by a decade of experience delivering individualized, evidence-based treatment, as…
