New article: high-acuity alcohol-related complications increased during the pandemic, particularly in women aged 40-64 yrs.

ER and hospital visits for alcohol-related liver disease among women 40-64 increased in nearly every pandemic month we studied:

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

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Eden Bernstein MD JAMA Network Open Very nice work- shows value for Addiction Medicine Consult services- who initiate meds after doing Motivational Interviewing and counseling on side effects. Naltrexone, in particular, is reasonably popular because it decreased craving for alcohol.

Anti-obesity meds have become a phenomenon but viewpoint explores what we can learn from their surge in popularity and how to apply these lessons to improve uptake of the starkly underutilized medications for #AlcoholUseDisorder . From Eden Bernstein MD and team! buff.ly/3RNqPY5

Check out our viewpoint in @journalGIM on what we can learn from the proliferation of GLP-1 agonists and how to apply these insights to promote widespread adoption of medications for alcohol use disorder. 👇link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New in JGIM: we find disparities in blood pressure meds among people w substance use disorders compared to those w/out.

⬆️ blood pressure is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease! We can prevent CVD through starting blood pressure medications…

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We have new work out today JAMA Health Forum exploring if removal of Medicaid prior auths for buprenorphine changed buprenorphine prescriptions

Hypothesis: PAs are a barrier to care and removal will result in more prescriptions

Results: There was minimal change after PA removal

For more info on how alcohol interacts with many medications, and tips for talking with patients about risky alcohol use, see the NIAAA Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource —
niaaa.nih.gov/health-profess…