Researching the transition from opioid addiction to treatment
How do people with chronic pain move from appropriate use of opioids to addiction? And what prompts them to seek addiction treatment?
How do people with chronic pain move from appropriate use of opioids to addiction? And what prompts them to seek addiction treatment?
SPOKANE, Wash. – Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment clinic use marijuana to help manage their pain and mood symptoms.
By Addy Hatch, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Marian Wilson, an assistant professor at the WSU College of Nursing, is joining a team of scientists who’ll lead a federally funded, $2.5 million study investigating whether an online pain management program can help patients with chronic pain reduce or eliminate the amount of prescription opioids they […]