New guideline could enhance treatment access for opioid use disorder in community pharmacies
Pharmacists now have more guidance for combating the opioid crisis and providing treatment to patients, thanks to new ...
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Suboxone: How It Treats Opioid Use Disorder
Treatment with Suboxone, therapy, and counseling can help you manage your opioid use disorder or dependence. The active component of Suboxone, buprenorphine, is a partial opioid agonist.
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Higher Buprenorphine Doses Reduce Acute Care for Opioid Use Disorder
Higher doses of buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower acute care utilization, ...
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Is Ibogaine an Effective Treatment for Substance Use Disorder?
The first study, conducted in Mexico, found that ibogaine improved opioid withdrawal symptoms and reduced drug use in individuals who did not find success with previous treatment methods.
Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment
A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in ...
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Fewer Than Half of U.S. Jails Provide Life-Saving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, NIH Reports
A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of ...
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Prevention Point Philadelphia reports more interest in long-acting monthly injectable medication for opioid use disorder
Sublocade is a long-acting form of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid use disorder. It’s given once a month as an ...
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Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder
Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...
Fewer than half of US jails provide medications for opioid use disorder
Just 44 percent of jails offer incarcerated people with opioid use disorder medications like methadone, buprenorphine or ...
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HHS OIG finds gaps in opioid treatment for Medicare, Medicaid enrollees
Many counties do not have medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services available through providers and treatment ...
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Higher doses of buprenorphine linked to lower emergency visits in opioid use disorder
Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...
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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Nearly $40 million in New Funding for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services
U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester have announced that Delaware’s ...