Yale School of Medicine clinician-researchers have developed a novel approach for helping patients on long-term painkillers reduce opioid use, as well as unwanted side effects such as fatigue and grogginess less the most dreadful part of kicking the habit—withdrawal...
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Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health Commences World’s First Alcohol Use Disorder Clinical Trial
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, have commenced a world-first clinical study to test the treatment of Belsomra (Suvorexant) in 128 participants with co-occurring insomnia and alcohol use...
Join Us As We Talk to Dr. Jason Beaman of OSU About Pain Management, Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
The nation has been in the grip of a national crisis involving opioid addiction. One of the major manufacturers of opioids was Purdue Pharma—the makers of Oxycotin. Thanks to the efforts by Dr. Jason Beaman and team Oklahoma State University (OSU) secured a windfall...
Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital Leads a DBS Implant Study for Addiction: China A DBS Hub in the Making?
Erika Kinetz from Associated Press was noted in US News & World Report that Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital is conducting clinical trials involving Deep Brain Simulation (DBS): the implanting of devices in the brain that act as a pacemaker---electrically simulating...
Korean Study Finds Twenty Percent of Children Suffer from ADHD
A three-year joint study conducted by Seoul National University Hospital and Chung-Ang University Hospital on 255 people with online game addictions showed addiction was more rampant among ADHD patients. Additionally, those who faced ADHD were five times more likely...
Vanderbilt Calipari Lab’s Precision-Focused Addiction Research
The Calipari Lab seeks to characterize and modulate the precise circuits in the brain that underlie both adaptive and maladaptive processes in reward, motivation, and associative learning, to develop improved treatments for complex and devasting psychiatric disorders....
NIH Reports It Will Test Drug to Curb Opioid Cravings
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institutes of Health Center (NIHC) has designed a Phase I trial to assess the safety of the experimental compound ANS-6637 and how it is processed in the body when given with another drug that is processed by the same...
Australian Researchers’ Preclinical Study Reveals CBD Curbs Meth Addition in Rats
Macquarie University and the University of Sydney, participating in the Lambert Initiative reports on an animal study that isolates CBD as a promising treatment for methamphetamine addiction. A growing number of studies show the potential therapeutic effectiveness of...
Research Finds Steep Climb in Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Nationwide
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and others completed a study on the use of benzodiazepines in the U.S. and have found significant growth in primary care physician prescriptions. The class of drug includes medications such as Valium, Ativan and Xanax. Traditionally for...
China Research Reveals Men Have Less Ability to Control Online Gaming Urges
A new study by Chinese researchers using medical imaging has found differences in the brain activity of men and women addicted to internet online gaming. The study was published in the International Journal Brain Imaging and Behavior. The researchers from Renji...
Mount Sinai’s Addiction Institute and Center on Addiction Partner to Improve Addiction Treatment Nationally
As reported in press release, more than 3 million young Americans suffer from drug addiction. An increase in overdose rates combines with a raging opioid crisis. Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai and Center on Addiction have formed a strategic alliance that will...
Oxford & Univ. of Athens Research Connects Ancient Virus with Addiction
The Independent reports that DNA implanted in the “dark parts” of the human genome by ancient virus infections may help to explain why some people are more susceptible to drug addiction, a study suggests. Researchers from Oxford University and the University of Athens...
Washington University Seeks Study Participants Who Used Opioids But Weren’t Addicted
Nearly 12 million Americans reportedly have misused opioids, yet most have not become addicted. To learn more about why some users may be protected and what role genetics may play, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a...
UCLA Awarded National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant for Phase 2b Clinical Trial of MediciNova’s MN-166 (ibudilast) in Alcohol Use Disorder
MediciNova, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (Nasdaq:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is part of...
Helping Surgical Patients Taper off Opioids Safely and Successfully
University Health Network reports in ScienceDaily that a unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely and effectively, while offering alternative ways to cope with their pain and improve how they function. A study following 251...