Polypharmacy associated with greater risk of mortality and hospitalizations in elderly
1. Polypharmacy was associated with a greater risk of mortality and hospitalizations at one and five years. Evidence Rating Level: ...
Tag: drugs
USPSTF Update: Screening adults for unhealthy drug use has moderate net benefit
1. Screening for drug abuse in adult populations by asking questions during patient appointments was found to have moderate net ...
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TAPS tool may help detect clinically relevant substance use in adult primary care patients
1. The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) tool can screen and access for tobacco, alcohol, and ...
AAP opposes school-based drug testing of adolescents
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) opposes the use of in-school drug testing as a means to reduce substance ...
Maintenance opioids in drug users linked with lower rate of hepatitis C infection
1. In young adults, treatment with maintenance opioid agonist therapy (methadone or buprenorphine) was associated with a 69% decrease in ...
STIs and recreational drug use prevalent among swingers
1. Swingers were found to have a high rate of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infections, at rates similar to young people, ...
Inhibition of key enzymes in the animal brain reduces drug relapse behavior
1. A rat drug-relapse model of cocaine, heroin or nicotine addicted animals showed elevated activity of two specific enzymes, matrix ...
One-time telephone interventions have little effect on drug abuse
1. No significant difference from baseline drug use was observed in patients who received a thirty minute telephone session of ...
Insufficient evidence for behavioral interventions to prevent adolescent drug use
Image: PD 1. According the a new recommendation statement form the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), there is insufficient ...
Clinical impression not reliable in identifying drug-seeking behavior
Image: PD Neuronal growth cone 1. Emergency providers’ clinical impression was moderately sensitive and specific in identifying drug-seeking behavior, as ...