MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'drug addicts'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:33:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230161&cid=t_211324_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-street-economics-of-drug-abuse%2F2010.12.04 I’ve discovered over the years that I really like economics. I never took an econ class in my entire life, since I was pretty focused on the life sciences, but I’ve picked up a fair amount informally over the years. Fortunately I have a strong background in statistics and math, and I’ve done a lot of reading on economics. I wouldn’t say that I have any special level of understanding or credibility on the topic. Perhaps it should be noted that my wife took away the checkbook for good reason. But I enjoy it as a topic, as something to read about and a powerful tool for understanding how the world works. One consequence of being an ER doc is that you are pretty close to “the street,” and I don’t mean Wall Street. I mean the folks living and scroungi... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230161 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:00:00 +0100 4230161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920900&cid=t_211324_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F31%2Fintroducing-an-epidemic-of-addiction%2F I’m pleased today to introduce our newest blog, Epidemic of Addiction, with Dr. Jeffrey Junig. Addictions to substances — like alcohol, cocaine, opioids, prescription drugs and other kinds of drugs — remain a serious problem in modern society. It’s a telling sign that society pays little attention to drug addicts, believing that theirs is a self-made bed in which to lie upon. But like any mental illness, addiction is not something a person ever asks for. Addiction often creeps up on a person as they’re living their everyday lives, starting out not so much as a problem at first. It can quickly snowball, though, and become a problem before a person ever realizes it. As Dr. Junig says in his introduction, “This blog will explore the psychology of addictive... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920900 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:27:03 +0100 3920900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3915002&cid=t_211324_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-meth-lab-the-er-judgment-and-grace%2F2010.08.29 Last week a trailer less than a mile from our house experienced a small explosion. Trailers, which seldom explode on their own (without undiscovered volcanoes or CIA drones with missiles) was concealing a meth lab. What can you say? If I weren’t an emergency physician I’d say, “Shocking! Ghastly! Unbelievable!” But I do what I do so I say, “Huh, how about that.” I’ve lost much of my capacity to be shocked. I have seen meth users, and probably meth dealers. I’ve known and enjoyed the company of alcoholics and Valium addicts. I’ve cared for murderers and the murdered (albeit briefly in the case of the latter). I’ve been involved in the evaluation of sexual assault victims, car thieves, drunk drivers and child abusers. A meth lab is, in its own way, k... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3915002 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:00:40 +0100 3915002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862054&cid=t_211324_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F12%2Fnurses-at-greater-risk-in-er%2F The emergency room can be a pretty hectic place, even under the best of circumstances. So imagine how much worse it gets as the economy sputters, people start having shorter fuses and less patience, and domestic abuse and alcoholism concerns rise. Not for patients, but for those who provide them with their health care. In this case, the harm is coming to emergency room (ER) nurses, who have to deal not only with the typical patients who may present at a hospital’s ER, but also a lot more patients that may have a tendency to ignore appropriate boundaries, especially when it comes to physical touch. Emergency room nurse Erin Riley suffered bruises, scratches and a chipped tooth last year from trying to pull the clamped jaws of a psychotic patient off the hand of a doctor at a suburba... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862054 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:49:47 +0100 3862054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280093&cid=t_211324_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fbeware-of-the-legal-drug-pushers-theyre-out-there%2F Occasionally, in my experience as a nurse I have run into doctors who are very, shall we say, “loose” with the prescription pad. I don’t know why or what drives an educated physician who has practiced for a short time or long to decide to take the road of least resistance; but some do. You have to wonder why they would risk their professional trust, but occasionally some do. I’m sure there are a myriad of reasons but that’s not for me to say. Part of the problem is the complete subjective nature of pain. When a patient enters a doctor’s office and states they have pain, it often is not as simple as it sounds. Sometimes it is a legitimate complaint, sometimes it is not. There are many ways this can be expressed to the doctor during an office call. I would presume there are as ma... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280093 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:26:57 +0100 3280093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251177&cid=t_211324_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fsterilize-drug-addicts-and-pay-them%2F Pay women who are drug addicts to be sterilized. Good or bad? What about if men can be sterilized (and paid) too? Would that make a difference? What if committing to long-term contraception was an option – how would you feel then? Does this smack of preserving the ultimate race, keeping quality control of babies, or a smart thing to do? Well, regardless of how you feel about it, it’s already happening in the United States, thanks to Project Prevention. Project Prevention’s mission statement: Project Prevention offers cash incentives to women that are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to use long-term or permanent birth control. Project Prevention is a national, 501 (C) 3 organization that has paid clients in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Our mission is to reduce ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251177 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:17:57 +0100 3251177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2112340&cid=t_211324_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2FKF5sOBPHJr8%2Fsafe-drug-injection-sites.html Will San Francisco follow Vancouver’s lead?San Francisco is on the brink of agreeing to open what would officially be the nation’s first medically supervised injection facility for addicts--despite mixed feelings about the program in the Bay Area.The Safer Injection Facility is likely to be located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, where drug abuse is rampant. If it moves forward, the site will be modeled after an equally controversial Canadian program, the Insite injection facility, established in Vancouver in 2003.“None of us want to shoot out here in front of kids,” a homeless drug user told the Oakland Tribune. “If we had a place to shoot, then we’d also have a place to put our dirty needles, which is a problem out there.” However, there has been considerable comm... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2112340 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:34:00 +0100 2112340