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Millions of people worldwide were left devastated by the death this year of 54-year-old Matthew Perry, the "Friends" star famous for bringing wise-cracking Chandler Bing to life. A global superstar, recently sober with an ...
Dec 18, 2023
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To overcome problematic opioid use, traditional forms of opioid substitution therapy, such as methadone and oral buprenorphine, have become valuable tools. Research shows that patients receiving substitution therapy are more ...
Dec 1, 2023
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"You can't inject a horse tranquilizer and think nothing bad is gonna happen" to you, said Ty Sears, 33, a longtime drug user now in recovery.
Nov 28, 2023
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Opioid prescribing by physicians and other health professionals has decreased for the 13th consecutive year, down nearly 50% since 2012, while overdoses and deaths related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, xylazine, and ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Emergency departments (EDs) are critical settings for treating opioid use disorder, but few ED physicians initiate treatments like administration of buprenorphine, a drug known to activate the brain's opioid receptors and ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Buprenorphine is a medication approved for pain and opioid dependence. New findings published in The American Journal on Addictions indicate that a transmucosal dose (which dissolves in the mouth) of buprenorphine followed ...
Nov 8, 2023
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A newly developed prediction model may be able to calculate the risk of opioid relapse among individuals in the early stages of medication treatment—as early as three weeks into therapy.
Nov 3, 2023
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A study by a team of researchers across the country, including two from the University of Kentucky, is the first to demonstrate a connection between the characteristics of patients receiving buprenorphine for opioid use disorder ...
Nov 3, 2023
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The five Massachusetts opioid treatment clinics where Ruth Potee works bend over backward to make methadone treatment easy and accessible for the people they serve. But Potee worries it isn't enough.
Nov 2, 2023
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Practitioners burning sacred herbs for patients seeking addiction treatment. Tribal sweat lodges where Native Americans can meditate and purify their bodies. Gardens where rehab residents can grow their own medicinal plants.
Oct 26, 2023
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