Number of active buprenorphine episodes comparable to expected number, with fewer initiations and fewer ending of episodes
Risk for preterm birth, small size for gestational age, low birth weight lower for those receiving buprenorphine versus methadone
Substantial number of Veterans Health Administration patients received buprenorphine from phone-only telehealth
Largest decreases seen in Native American, Black, and Hispanic individuals
More Medicare beneficiaries received OUD-related telehealth services, behavioral health-related telehealth services, meds for OUD
Gummies look like candy and can cause severe nicotine toxicity or death if young children eat them
Rural U.S. residents who use both drugs more likely to have nonfatal overdose than those who use either drug alone
However, 86.6 percent of people with opioid use disorder are not receiving medication treatment
Rate of hepatitis C virus reinfection higher among people with recent injecting drug use
45.4 percent of biopsychosocial domain assessments reported more severe problems with drugs, 35.2 percent reported psychiatric problems