Twenty-four percent of US adolescent treatment centers do not use a “lifesaving” medication. An article appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Treatments Used Among ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

An estimated 82,998 people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. last year. A new study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum drives home how lack of access to lifesaving medications could contribute ...

Medicaid plays a key role for giving people with opioid-use disorder access to treatment, according to a Rutgers Health study. Progress in life-saving treatment for opioid-use disorder with the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Danielle Russell was in the emergency department at an Arizona hospital last fall, sick with COVID-19, when she made the mistake of answering completely when she was asked what ...

As an emergency department physician, I have been on the front lines of the opioid overdose crisis, treating countless people — young and old, housed and unhoused — experiencing an overdose or ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean opioid craving was reduced by 67% in the mindfulness-based intervention. Anxiety was also significantly ...

Share on Pinterest There are mixed opinions on whether cannabis can help in the treatment of opioid use disorder. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Cannabis is being touted as an effective treatment for ...

Orange County’s Office for a Drug-Free Community leads efforts to curb opioid deaths through prevention education, enforcement, treatment and recovery. Credit: Orange County Government media gallery ...

Sedation rapid opiate detox treatment is for motivated patients who want to live free of all opiates without substituting Suboxone or Methadone. Acute withdrawals are the main reason why such patients ...

Since February 2023, Baltimore County has received more than $29 million in various legal settlements from opioid ...