Dr. Harshal Kirane | Source | Medical Director at Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research
Dr. Harshal Kirane
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Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research
Medical Director
started Jun 2019 -
Zucker School of Medicine (https://medicine.hofstra.edu/)
Assistant Professor
started Jun 2014 -
Northwell Health Staten Island University Hospital (https://siuh.northwell.edu/)
Director of Addiction
Jun 2013 – Jun 2019
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International Overdose Awareness Day aims to prevent overdose deaths through education | RiverheadLOCAL
By raising awareness and educating the public, organizers hope to help remove the stigma of addiction, a health crisis that has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. alone over the past two decades.
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Researchers Study if Opioid Misuse Med is Safer for Pregnant Women
A new study found that naltrexone appears to be safe to use for pregnant people attempting to stay off of opioids and less likely to affect the infant exposed to the drug in utero.
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There’s been a real gap in our understanding of whether naltrexone is safe in pregnancy and the best ways to utilize it. This is a very reassuring study that represents one of a few small steps that researchers have taken to start to remedy this gap in knowledge.
The new study joins a small but growing body of research suggesting that naltrexone may be safe for pregnant women and developing fetuses.
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Addiction is a treatable condition. In order to prevent overdose and the most extreme consequences of addiction, there has to be a commitment of the community to recognize addiction as a disease.
