Combating Opioid Addiction

Hospitals dealing with increasing opioid overdose cases want to expand use of "anti-craving medicines such as buprenorphine or methadone with supportive counseling and behavioral therapy" that has shown promise in helping people kick the habit ("Too Many Overdoses: ERs Fight Drugs with Drugs Amid Opioid Crisis," USA Today, January 3, 2019). A linked study from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that "a total of 63,632 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2016, a 21.4% increase from 2015. Nearly two thirds (66.4%) of drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved prescription opioids, illicit opioids, or both, an increase of 27.7% from 2015."

Review selected hard copy/online library books related to opioid abuse and treatment at LSC-CyFair Branch Library. Click the title of a listed item, select the "Place Hold" button in the listing, and enter your library card number and PIN for each title you want to request for pick up at the library.

Use these subject words and phrases to find more information in the library catalog:

• medication abuse
• opioid abuse
• opioid-related disorders
• oxycodone abuse
• prescription drug misuse

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Little, Brown and Company, 2018
call number: 362.29 Mac

"Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction....From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm." - publisher's summary excerpt

The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs by Lloyd I. Sederer
Scribner, 2018
call number: 362.29 Sed

"Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy suggestions, and case studies to describe our current drug crisis and establish a clear path forward to recovery and health and lays out specific, evidence-based, researched solutions to the prevention and problems of drug use, including exercise, medications, therapy, recovery programs, and community services." - publisher's summary excerpt

The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook by David E. Newton
ABC-CLIO, 2018
call number: 615.7 New

"A comprehensive overview of opioid use throughout human history, current problems surrounding opioid abuse, and suggested approaches to solving these problems including a complete historical overview of opioid use in human societies, a chronology of important events in the history of opioid use, and the synthetic and neurological chemistry of opioids and how different types have been used throughout history." - publisher's summary excerpt

Understanding the Opioid Epidemic by John Grant
WNED/PBS, 2018
call number: 362.293 Und (DVD Collection)

"Examines the toll of opioid addiction in the U.S. on individuals, families, and communities through personal stories, including a couple who lost their son to prescription painkillers, and expert commentary."- publisher's summary