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American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 30th Annual Meeting

December 05 - 08, 2019; San Diego, California

December 05 - 08, 2019 San Diego, California

AAAP 2019 Phenobarbital May Top 'First-Line' Approach to Alcohol Withdrawal The barbiturate/anticonvulsant phenobarbital may be a better alternative to hypnotics, specifically lorazepam, the current first-line approach, for alcohol withdrawal syndrome, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2019
AAAP 2019 Call for Wide Availability of Opioid Rescue Kits in NYC New York City managers of businesses like restaurants, bars, and convenience stores need -- and want -- training to recognize drug overdoses and instruction on how to treat them with naloxone.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2019

Conference News

AAAP 2019 Buprenorphine Safer for OUD, Chronic Pain in the Elderly?
Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2020
AAAP 2019 Active Ingredient in OTC Inhaler a 'New' Drug of Abuse
Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2019
AAAP 2019 Hidden Fentanyl Prompts Call for Routine Screening in EDs
Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2019

AAAP 2019 Phenobarbital May Top 'First-Line' Approach to Alcohol Withdrawal
Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2019
AAAP 2019 Call for Wide Availability of Opioid Rescue Kits in NYC
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2019
AAAP 2019 Forced Drug Abuse a 'Disturbingly Common' Part of Domestic Violence
Medscape Medical News, December 9, 2019

Popular News from AAAP 2018

Alcohol Abuse After Bariatric Surgery Common, Concerning Bariatric surgery, particularly Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, significantly increases the risk of developing alcohol use disorder.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 17, 2018
Pilot Walk-in Clinic Improves Access to Mental Health Care The ability to walk into a clinic without an appointment helps patients with mental illness get needed psychopharmacology, stay in treatment, and even reduce future emergency department visits.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 10, 2018
New Digital Therapeutic Shows Promise for Opioid Addiction A prescription digital therapeutic that can be downloaded to a smartphone is a promising treatment option for opioid addiction when used as an adjunct to usual care.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 10, 2018

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