The AMA called for alterations for insurers, including terminating cost-sharing and prior authorization for chronic pain and OUD medications and removing restrictions on Medicaid preferred drug lists.
The results provide insights into the underlying causes of relapse and can be used to gain further understanding of the long-term effect of pharmacotherapy for sustained opioid use disorder recovery.
Hepatitis B virus prevalence was 7 to 10 times higher in a homeless population of Los Angeles compared to the general population of the United States.
Researchers examined the association between mental health conditions and the risk for chronic opioid therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Women with depression are more than three times more likely to use cannabis during pregnancy compared with women without depression.
Gabapentin appears to be efficacious for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD), especially among those with high alcohol withdrawal.
Evidence relating to pharmacological interventions for cannabis use disorder is mainly insufficient and suggests that several drug classes are ineffective.
In patients with schizophrenia, cannabis use may be linked to elevated risk of all-cause mortality but decreased risk of mortality from digestive organ diseases.
Between 2000 and 2017, unintentional deaths and suicides related to opioid use have increased substantially, whereas overall deaths from have decreased.
Alcohol consumption frequency in the entire sample and alcohol consumption amount in regular drinkers were genetically and phenotypically correlated, although genetic correlations between the 2 measures and external phenotypes displayed opposite directions.
