Tag: Harm

The Fallacy of Labeling Medications for Opioid Use Disorder as Harm Reduction.

Over the last few years, the conversation around substance use disorder especially opioids and its treatment has gained momentum. In the midst of all the discussions around the best ways to assist those with opioid use disorder, a certain term has been used frequently and incorrectly — “...

The Pros And Cons Of ???Harm Reduction???

It is very empowering, after years of failure and collapse and friend loss and marriage loss and all the rest, to finally just up and tell people, “Yes, I am an addict.” I think it’s important to say am in this case, because it’s an active condition that could resum...

I???m Aware That I???m Rare: Harm Bogaard, MD (456)

My name is Harm Bogaard. I’m a pulmonologist here in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I work at the National Expert Center for pulmonary hypertension patients. We have a clinic, obviously, with patients mainly with idiopathic and hereditary PAH. We also have a chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hyp...

I???m Aware That I???m Rare: Harm Bogaard, MD (450)

Today, I would like to talk about genetic testing that we do in our patients. I think we do it a little bit more frequently than it’s done in the United States. I think it’s an interesting topic for a number of reasons. I think it can help in clinical care of our patients. It can help in...