Only 1 in 4 Adults Needing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Received Medications Black and Latino adults less likely to receive any treatment Jun 27, 2024
Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Settlement That Shielded Sacklers In a 5-4 decision, justices blocked an agreement with victims and state and local governments Jun 27, 2024
State Sues Two PBMs, Accusing Them of Fueling Opioid Epidemic Arkansas AG says Express Scripts, Optum, and their subsidiaries benefited from the opioid crisis Jun 25, 2024
Only a Third of Mental Health Clinics Offer Meds for Opioid Use Disorder Access to medications for people with co-occurring disorders needs improvement, researchers say Jun 20, 2024
Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl, Replacing IV Drips With Tap Water Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 died Jun 18, 2024
Lost Chances to Treat Overdose Survivors Documented in New Medicare Study Findings also highlight the difficulty of managing chronic pain Jun 18, 2024
Community-Based Interventions for Opioid Overdoses Fail to Reduce Deaths in Trial "Game plan" established to get evidence-based practices into the real world, researcher says Jun 16, 2024
What to Know About Medetomidine and Drug Overdoses Powerful animal sedative is mixed with fentanyl in the drug supply Jun 14, 2024
Co-Locating COVID Vaccines, Infection Testing With Syringe Services Shows Success 94% of people completed primary vaccination in this Baltimore-based initiative Jun 03, 2024
Pediatricians Have Important Role in Talking About Substance Use, Experts Say "You can't just assume that somebody's going to get care elsewhere," one pediatrician noted May 17, 2024
Jimmy Carter 'Coming to the End'; U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop; Drowning Deaths Rise Health news and commentary gathered by 澳门老奇人论坛 staff May 15, 2024
I Didn't Truly Understand Opioid Addiction Until It Killed My Son Despite being a doctor, I learned too late that substance use disorder is a treatable disease May 07, 2024
Stigmatizing Language Common in Clinical Notes for Patients With SUD "There is absolutely a need for provider education in this space," researcher says May 05, 2024
Narcan May Have Moved Over-the-Counter, but It鈥檚 Still Underutilized The potential of this lifesaving medicine will only be achieved if it is truly accessible to all May 01, 2024
CDC: Premature Mortality for Top Causes of Death Higher in Rural Areas Death rate vs urban areas continues to widen for cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and stroke Apr 30, 2024
Nixing the X Waiver Hasn't Yet Vastly Expanded Buprenorphine Access The change boosted the number of prescribers, but only modestly increased new prescriptions Apr 24, 2024
House Panel Says China Subsidizes Fentanyl Production to Fuel U.S. Crisis Most overdose deaths in the U.S. continue to be linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids Apr 17, 2024
Congress Can Take Action to Prevent Older Adult Falls and Associated Opioid Use The bipartisan SAFE Act offers important solutions Apr 14, 2024
No, a Jail Is Not an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Facility How local jails ignore medical guidelines and contribute to the overdose crisis Apr 09, 2024
Genetic Test for Opioid Addiction Risk Should Be Withdrawn, Experts Tell FDA Methodology behind AvertD DNA test questioned Apr 04, 2024
Start of a New Trend? Hepatitis C Cases Drop in the U.S. After a decade of increases, health officials aren't sure if change is just a statistical blip Apr 04, 2024
Oldest Man Dies; Fentanyl Easter Eggs; Lauren Boebert's Blood Clot Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 澳门老奇人论坛 staff Apr 04, 2024
Telehealth Improves Hepatitis C Treatment in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Facilitated telemedicine embedded into opioid treatment programs boosted HCV cure rates Apr 03, 2024
Almost 108,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in 2022, Another Record 1% higher than overdose deaths in 2021, says CDC Mar 22, 2024
'Rock Doc' Gets 20 Years for Illegally Prescribing Opioids Tennessee nurse practitioner promoted his practice with the motto "work hard, play harder" Mar 20, 2024
Oregon Measure 110 Wasn't a Failure. Rolling Back Drug Decriminalization Will Be. We can't arrest our way out of the overdose crisis Mar 14, 2024
Sickle Cell Pain Hospitalizations Rose After CDC's Opioid Recs Agency's 2016 guidance may have contributed to reduced access to opioids, and more pain Mar 11, 2024
Trump's Anti-Vax Rhetoric; Amputations After NFL Game; 'Overdose' or 'Poisoning'? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 澳门老奇人论坛 staff Mar 11, 2024
Clinicians at Telehealth Company File to Unionize Union head said it was "only a matter of time" before telehealth providers organized Mar 06, 2024
They Rarely Ask for Pain Pills Now Reflections on medical policy, DEA permits, and the fentanyl crisis Mar 05, 2024
Trader Joe's 60,000-Pound Recall; Will Shortz's Stroke; Oregon Recriminalizing Drugs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 澳门老奇人论坛 staff Mar 04, 2024
Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Overdose: 'Make Sure They're Breathing' "We don't really need people to wake up. We need them to breathe," clinician says Feb 29, 2024
Frozen Embryos 'Children' in Ala.; GLP-1s for Opioid Addiction? New E.Coli Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 澳门老奇人论坛 staff Feb 20, 2024
For Kids With Sickle Cell Disease Prescribed Opioids, No Patterns of Misuse Emerged Number of vaso-occlusive crises tied to days' supply Feb 19, 2024
CDC: More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them Not yet clear if shift toward smoking fentanyl reduces mortality Feb 15, 2024
Minimizing Opioids After Teens' Spine Surgeries Appears Practical Alternatives prove mettle in studies Feb 14, 2024
No Survival Benefit to Higher Intranasal Naloxone Dose Moreover, opioid withdrawal signs were more prevalent with the 8-mg dose vs the 4-mg dose Feb 09, 2024
What to Know About Nitazenes, a Class of Potent Synthetic Opioids This unapproved drug class is turning up in more overdose deaths across the country Feb 05, 2024
HHS Expands Access to Methadone, Buprenorphine Updates to 20-year-old rules allow take-home methadone, treatment initiation via telehealth Feb 02, 2024
