More than 3,000 people who died of an overdose in the United States had xylazine in their system in 2021
However, fewer than one in 20 individuals receive buprenorphine
President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill that ends the national COVID-19 emergency a month earlier than planned
Authors say given the low barriers to increase access to care and financial parity, audio-only calls likely to persist
Steady and rapid improvement seen with dCBT-I during first three months, then fluctuated to six months
Significant associations seen for suicide deaths with opioid prescriptions per capita, having any, high-dose, long-term opioid prescription
Pooled incidence 1.7 and 12.1 per 100 person-years for HIV, hepatitis C, respectively, with higher risk seen in the young and in women
No adverse effects seen for antidepressant fulfillment; increases were seen in symptom screening
Furthermore, this financial toxicity is associated with worse health-related quality of life
Family-related factors unlikely to entirely explain this risk, authors say