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The Biden administration has finalized a long-awaited rule laying out how some health care providers can prescribe gold-standard opioid use disorder treatments through telehealth.
Jan 16, 2025
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Buprenorphine dispensing increased among adolescents and decreased among young adults between 2020 and 2023, according to a research letter published online Dec. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dec 26, 2024
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Opioid use disorder (OUD), which contributes to the ongoing overdose crisis claiming over 21 lives across Canada a day, is even more severe within correctional settings. In North America, OUD is a critical public health concern ...
Nov 27, 2024
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The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic.
Nov 13, 2024
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An updated evidence-based guideline aimed at helping clinicians and other health care providers manage patients with opioid use disorder recommends buprenorphine and methadone as first-line treatments. The guideline is published ...
Nov 12, 2024
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For generations, the federal government has largely refrained from paying for mental health and substance use treatment in large residential facilities.
Nov 4, 2024
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There's a small line forming outside a plain white box truck in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. A half-dozen folks are waiting on a gusty October morning for their turn to go inside and receive red liquid in a cup, medication ...
Nov 4, 2024
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It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest clinic was almost an hour's drive away and she couldn't drive herself. But at least she didn't have ...
Nov 4, 2024
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The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of color, according to a new Stateline analysis of federal data.
Oct 31, 2024
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On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation.
Oct 31, 2024
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