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Thursday, March 30, 2023

How to Find LGBTQ Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. have more than quintupled since 1999. Data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows that in 1999, a total of 16,849 people...
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Monday, March 27, 2023

The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act: Will We Keep COVID-Era Changes?

In the late spring of 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic – before the rollout of the vaccines – the federal government, along with community, municipal, and...
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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Local, Accessible, Flexible: How the Pandemic Taught Us About Opioid Addiction Treatment and Reducing Overdose Risk

It’s now the spring of 2023. Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S. and changed life for almost everyone in the country, including people seeking opioid...
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Monday, March 13, 2023

Opioids Can Increase Social Isolation and Sense of Rejection

Since March 2020, one public health crisis has dominated our attention: the COVID-19 pandemic. For people who use opioids or have opioid use disorder, feelings of social isolation increased...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023

The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Adolescent Alcohol and Substance Use

At Pinnacle Treatment Centers, we specialize in supporting people diagnosed with alcohol and/or substance use disorders. Most of our treatment centers cater to adult patients, age 18+. However, at...
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Opioid Crisis Report: Injecting Drugs Causes Increase in Rates of Infective Endocarditis (Heart Valve Disease)

As the overdose and opioid crisis continues to cause harm to individuals, families, and communities across the Untied States, doctors and other medical professionals have begun reporting new negative...
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Monday, February 27, 2023

Use of Acupuncture in Pain Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Can acupuncture help people with chronic pain and substance use disorder? Over the past 24 years, the overdose, opioid, and substance use disorder crisis in the United States has...
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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Study Examines Novel Ways of Treating Alcohol Use Disorder

In our work with people diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), we take an evidence-based, integrated, whole-person, all-of-the-above approach to treatment and support. This...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

How Physical Therapy Can Reduce the Risk of Opioid Use Disorder

In 2023, the way we approach healthcare is different than the way we did just twenty years ago. This is particularly true with regard to mental health, psychological health,...
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Thursday, February 9, 2023

What Is the Opioid Itch?

Opioids – or opiates – are a class of medication called analgesics, which means their primary medical function is pain relief. Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicates...
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