Researcher Says Doctors Should Be Able To Counsel Patients On Responsible Use, Particularly For Chronic Pain QUEBEC CITY | A new pilot study of family physicians that probed primary care providers' knowledge of and attitudes toward their patients' use of cannabis was presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group meeting here. Age, sex and whether or not they had ever personally used cannabis were predictive factors for a willingness to discuss cannabis use with patients, said study author Dr. Craig Jones (PhD), co-ordinator of the Network for Studies in Primary Care at the department of family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. [continues 273 words]
New York -- There's no quick fix for heroin addiction. Rapid heroin detoxification under general anesthesia does not offer enough benefit to justify the risk and expense, found a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Under this treatment, an opioid antagonist drug is administered to an unconscious patient, enabling higher doses of the antagonist than could otherwise be tolerated. However, the procedure costs up to $15,000 US and has been linked to life-threatening adverse reactions, including pulmonary edema and psychosis. [continues 157 words]
