Maryland Opioid Research (MOR)
@MORJHU
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Scientists and clinicians working to advance the science and care for persons with opioid use disorder.
Johns Hopkins University
Joined June 2022
@MORJHU team member Justin Strickland recently published a new paper on the potential role of delay discounting in explaining the behavioral mechanism underlying e-cigarette use. Click the link below for access to the full article:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Delay discounting refers to the devaluation of an outcome as temporal delay increases. Steep discounting is characterized by preferring a smaller, immediate outcome over a larger, delayed outcome and...
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@MORJHU team Andrew Huhn & @DrKellyDunn & @MillenniumHlth analyzed 921 ,931 urine samples and found that #fentanyl, #methamphetamine, & #cocaine (but not heroin) concentrations in urine increased significantly between 2013-2023. Learn more here:
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@MORJHU team member @juststrickland and colleagues leveraged crowdsourcing to explore qualitative experiences of #MOUDs, concluding that patients liked the medications but identified practical, policy, and stigma-based barriers that interfered with care.
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Community Mental Health Journal - Given the effectiveness of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and low engagement of treatment among people who use drugs (PWUD), it is important to better...
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@MORJHU team member @Jennifer__Ellis and colleagues summarized the evidence supporting #oxytocin as a treatment for #alcohol use disorder- highlighting withdrawal and cue reactivity as potential targets. Check it out here! 👇👇👇.
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Oxytocin is increasingly being studied for treating symptoms of alcohol use disorders and heavy drinking behavior. The neuropeptide oxytocin facilitates social relationships and modulates the body's...
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A week from today! Join us for Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds on 10/8 12-1 with guest speaker, @DrKellyDunn. Register @ the link below:.
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Join @MORJHU team members @DrKellyDunn, @ceciliabergeria , @Jennifer__Ellis , & @juststrickland this weekend for a discussion of late-breaking needs and strategies to help Cure Addiction Now @CureAddNowOrg ! . Sign up below for free.
Please join myself and @CureAddNowOrg this weekend for a free discussion of late-breaking data and advancements to be explored for treating #SUDs. Register for free here and please RT widely! .
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@MORJHU team members @kirstenelins & @juststrickland's recent paper was the topic of the recent NYT article "Rethinking Addiction as a Chronic Brain Disease" .
nytimes.com
Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs.
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@MORJHU team member @Jennifer__Ellis is helping to improve the ecological validity of the #Marijuana Purchase Task in a paper that outlines several actionable efforts to further increase its representation. Learn more here👇👇👇
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Behavioral economic approaches to measuring cannabis demand represent a well-validated, low-cost method of assessing risk for hazardous cannabis use. One widely...
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Have you been following @MORJHU team member @kirstenelins epic journey to Indonesia and Malaysia at request of their government to discuss #kratom? She's an indisputable international leader in this science! Follow her series of posts here 👇👇👇.
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Interns Yuna Um, Aicha Monteiro and Stacy Nozime presented on variability in different #withdrawal syndromes, changes in #opioid physical experience following #fentanyl exposure and the effects of CBG. Great work everyone!!
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RPCs Dhathri Srungaram and Sarah Dowell presented on the combined effects of #cannabidiol and #hydromorphone and building a novel #opioid craving assessment.
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Research Program Coordinators Melanie Baime and Salome Hailu presented on orexin receptor antagonist effects on sleep and stress during #opioid #withdrawal .
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@MORJHU team member @kirstenelins is at it again! See below for a thought piece she led related to #Kratom use disorder. 👇👇👇.
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