NIH Gives Yale $23 Million To Research Stress And Addictions
When those who are prescribed prescription medications begin taking their drugs, their one concern is their physical pain. After a surgical procedure or an injury, a painkilling prescription is common and necessary. However, many addictions are started due to a physical dependence on the drug and perpetuated by stress. It’s difficult to get back in the game after a long absence due to surgery or accident and the stress that comes with readjustment often pushes those who are taking painkillers to return to the bottle more often than necessary for a little break.
To help figure out the connection between stress and addictions a little better, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has handed $23.4 million to the Yale School of Medicine to support their studies on the subject. Self control is another aspect of the study and the research will help those involved in addiction treatment understand how to treat people with prescription medication addictions who are dealing with high levels of stress in addition to physical pain.
Researchers at Yale will use the five-year grant to try different combinations of traditional treatment disciplines to come up with an integrated approach to drug treatment.
Elias Zerhouni, M.D. is the director of NIH. He says, “These programs are designed to encourage and enable change in academic research culture to make interdisciplinary research easier to conduct for scientists who wish to collaborate in unconventional ways.”
In the meantime, for those who just need help with the physical aspect of prescription painkiller addiction and are handling their stress in more healthy ways, Suboxone treatment is the gold standard and the most efficient treatment available.
To check out this and other research, head over to Yale’s website.
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