Addiction Medicine

In this video, Brett Snodgrass, a nurse practitioner, provides the take-home messages from her session "Digging Deeper: Substance Use Disorder” at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2023 Virtual Series....

In this video, Brett Snodgrass, a nurse practitioner, provides a preview of her session "Digging Deeper: Substance Use Disorder” at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2023 Virtual Series on May 26. Ms...

A recent study led by Kerry Flannagan, PhD, examined how opioid use may result in pregnancy loss and lower changes of conception. Dr Flannagan answered our questions about her team’s study.

In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about 5 top papers about the trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality, the effects of cannabis use in pregnancy, electronic health records,...

My teenaged son plays video games at least 3 hours per day, and he gets so angry when I ask him to stop playing. Is it possible that he is addicted to video games? If so, how can I help him?

As primary care professionals, it is high time to frame and discuss the critical tension of prescribing painkillers further.

Once patients experience euphoria, they seek escalating opioid doses to avoid dysphoria.