Category: Research You Can Use

Inhaled Heroin Adds Fuel to the Opioid Epidemic

Image of a dragon representing Chasing the Dragon Inhaled Heroin Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Severe heroin toxicity has emerged as a growing public health concern. A recent review published in the JAMA Neurology has brought to light the alternative to injection trends in opioid use disorders. Inhaling is becoming a more popular route of use. This method of heroin inhalation can lead [...]
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Food Addiction: Consideration of Detox & Withdrawal Symptoms

Ice cream Food Addiction Withdrawal Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Individuals who love highly processed foods and often eat more than they intended, face a significant probability of experiencing addictive-like symptoms including withdrawal. This is what food addiction postulates. A recent study, conducted by the University of Michigan, has developed and evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the first [...]
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Opioid System a Critical Factor in Underpinning Alcohol Dependence

Brain Neurons and the Opioid System Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use As more evidential support builds up for the key role played by the dysregulation in the opioid system in underpinning addiction, a recent study investigated the endogenous opioid tone in alcohol dependence for the first time. Comparable to results from previous research based upon the blunted dexamphetamine-induced opioid [...]
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Mortality Following a Nonfatal Opioid Overdose

Opioid Overdose deaths are still on the rise Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Recent times have witnessed an increase in patients with nonfatal opioid overdoses. Between 2005 and 2014, emergency department visits in relation to opioids have doubled per capita and opioid-associated inpatients stays escalated by almost two-thirds in the U.S. This has drawn clinical attention toward a better understanding of [...]
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