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We hope you enjoy this issue of Alcohol, Other Drugs and Health: Current Evidence, and that you will help us make ASCP a leading journal focused on clinically relevant addiction issues to improve quality of care.
The Editors
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Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence
Table of Contents: July-August 2011
INTERVENTIONS & ASSESSMENTS
FDA Approves Long-Acting Injectable Naltrexone for Opioid Dependence
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/walley_krupitsky.html
Low-dose Topiramate for Alcohol Dependence
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/kraemer_paparrigopoulos.html
Brief Intervention May Have Efficacy for Alcohol Dependence in Emergency Departments
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/saitz_cobain.html
Home- versus Office-based Buprenorphine Induction: Impact on Opioid and Other Drug Use
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/tetrault_cunningham.html
Supervised Injecting Facilities Associated with a Reduction in Overdose Mortality
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/rastegar_marshall.html
Treatment of Tuberculosis with Rifampin Induces Opioid Withdrawal in Patients Maintained on Buprenorphine
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/kunins_mccance-katz.html
How They Do It: Physicians Describe Building a Physician-Patient Relationship with People Who Use Illicit Drugs
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/kunins_woolhouse.html
HEALTH OUTCOMES
Higher Prescribed Opioid Doses Are Associated with Overdose Deaths
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/rastegar_bohnert.html
Opioid-related Death in Patients with Nonmalignant Pain
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/kraemer_gomes.html
Predictors of Seizures and Delirium Tremens in the Course of Alcohol Withdrawal
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/bertholet_eyer.html
Subtle Change in Drinking Guidelines Could Have Increased Alcohol-related Harm
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/saitz_dawson.html
Lower Risk of Heart Disease from Alcohol, Even with Hazardous Drinking?
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/issues/issue_july11/ellison_lestrat.html
SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
Update on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/update.html
Journal Club
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/club.html
Free CME Opportunities
http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/cme.html
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