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Opioids no more effective than placebo for acute back and neck pain

Written by Charlie King | 5 Jul 2023

Opioid pain-relieving medicines are not more effective than a placebo in relieving acute back and neck pain and may even cause harm, according to a world-first trial led… read more.

Easier access to opioid painkillers may reduce opioid-related deaths

Written by Charlie King | 3 Jul 2023

Increasing access to prescription opioid painkillers may reduce opioid overdose deaths in the United States, according to a Rutgers study. “When access to prescription opioids is heavily restricted,… read more.

Education on under-prescribed drug helps reduce cravings for those with alcohol use disorder

Written by Charlie King | 15 Jun 2023

Not only is alcohol one of the world’s most abused drugs, but alcohol-related deaths trail only tobacco, poor diet and physical activity, and illegal drugs as the leading… read more.

New treatment helps people stop addictive opioid painkillers used for chronic pain

Written by Charlie King | 26 May 2023

Researchers at the University of Warwick and The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough have led a clinical trial, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research… read more.

Few adult smokers and nonsmokers think e-cigarettes have lower levels of harmful chemicals than cigarettes

Written by Charlie King | 25 May 2023

About half of cigarette smokers and young adult non-smokers think that nicotine-based electronic cigarettes have the same amount or even more harmful chemicals than regular tobacco-based cigarettes, according… read more.

Discovery suggests route to safer pain medications

Written by Charlie King | 7 May 2023

Strategies to treat pain without triggering dangerous side effects such as euphoria and addiction have proven elusive. For decades, scientists have attempted to develop drugs that selectively activate… read more.

How AI and a mobile phone app could help you quit smoking

Written by Charlie King | 15 Apr 2023

A stop smoking mobile app that senses where and when you might be triggered to light up could help people quit – according to University of East Anglia… read more.

Placebo added to methadone increases opioid treatment adherence

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 13 Apr 2023

Researchers report that patients who knowingly took a “sugar pill” placebo along with daily methadone treatment achieved significantly higher 90-day adherence to treatment for opioid abuse disorder than… read more.

Physical activity and tailored support fails to deliver lasting benefits for smokers not ready to quit

Written by Charlie King | 8 Mar 2023

Promoting physical activity and other behavioural support can help people wanting to reduce their smoking to quit in the short-term. However, after nine months, physical activity delivers no… read more.

Wastewater samples show the dramatic effects of tough love on codeine addicts as consumption plunges

Written by Charlie King | 29 Dec 2022

Switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription-only medicine in 2018 led to a 37 per cent overall drop in its consumption across Australia, according to new findings from… read more.

Half of patients in telemedicine program for opioid use disorder current with medication a month later

Written by Charlie King | 25 Nov 2022

More than half of the patients who were prescribed medication to treat opioid use disorder through a virtual program established during the pandemic continued with their treatment at… read more.

Survey shows majority of physicians favor allowing telehealth to treat opioid-use disorder

Written by Charlie King | 16 Oct 2022

A survey of more than 1,000 registered physicians who used telehealth services to treat patients with opioid-use disorder during COVID-19 found that an overwhelming majority favor making telehealth… read more.

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