Addiction
Helping heroin users have healthier babies
A safer treatment for pregnant heroin-dependent women has been investigated by researchers from the University of Western Australia.
Jun 19, 2018
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Medications
Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics
One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover: methadone.
Apr 24, 2018
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Addiction
Buprenorphine may be safer than methadone if treatment duration is longer, study suggests
The less commonly prescribed opioid substitute buprenorphine may be safer than methadone for problem opioid users, especially if used during the first month of treatment, according to a study which includes University of ...
Apr 20, 2018
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Medications
Medicaid coverage for methadone improves treatment for opioid use disorder in pregnancy
Pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) are more likely to receive evidence-based treatment with an "opioid agonist"—usually methadone—in states where those medications are covered by Medicaid, reports a study in ...
Nov 14, 2017
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Medications
Study looks at physicians who prescribe methadone
A small number of physicians prescribe the majority of the drugs used to treat people in Ontario who are battling opioid addictions, a new study has found.
Jul 19, 2017
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Medications
Science Says: Medications prevent opioid addiction relapse
Remarks by a top U.S. health official have reignited a quarrel in the world of addiction and recovery: Does treating opioid addiction with medication save lives? Or does it trade one addiction for another?
May 22, 2017
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Surgery
Methadone may reduce need for opioids after surgery
Patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery who are treated with methadone during the procedure require significantly less intravenous and oral opioids to manage postoperative pain, reports a new study published in the May ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Addiction
Cannabis use may predict opioid use in women undergoing addictions treatment, study says
A new study suggests that the use of cannabis may impact treatment in women undergoing methadone treatment therapy.
Mar 29, 2017
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Medications
Some of the youngest opioid victims are curious toddlers
Curious toddlers find the drugs in a mother's purse or accidentally dropped on the floor. Sometimes a parent fails to secure the child-resistant cap on a bottle of painkillers.
Mar 23, 2017
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Medications
Fighting the stigma of medical treatment for opioid addiction in the U.S.
Methadone, the first pharmacological treatment for heroin addiction, was pioneered 50 years ago by Rockefeller University's Mary Jeanne Kreek and her colleagues. Since then the drug, which is widely used in treatment programs ...
Dec 12, 2016
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