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Pregnant women living with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their infants had significantly better health outcomes when treated with buprenorphine, according to a new study at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Emory University's ...
Apr 25, 2025
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The same chemicals and receptors that control the sensation of pain in the opioid system also play a role in regulating social behavior. The body produces natural opioid substances which are drawn to receptors throughout ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze last August in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on the city's predominantly ...
Apr 8, 2025
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For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, but overall evidence for pain outcomes in these patients is low, according to a review published ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that restricting telehealth prescriptions for opioid use disorder could keep thousands from accessing buprenorphine, a medication that helps people recover from addiction.
Mar 20, 2025
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Widespread access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) can reduce the risk of suicide by 35% among people with opioid use disorder, according to a new study published in Addiction.
Mar 3, 2025
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Chronic pain is complex and difficult to treat. Prescribing opioid pain medications has become controversial but may help some patients.
Feb 20, 2025
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In the face of the alarming number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., there have been national efforts to increase emergency clinician prescribing of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder. In a ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles the risk of preterm birth. A new Yale study reveals that inflammation may be the culprit.
Feb 18, 2025
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After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia.
Feb 11, 2025
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