Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering
Court is asking the parties to show whether bankruptcy law allows for a blanket shield from all litigation by opioid victims
Medications for OUD more likely for those with severe versus mild past-year OUD, receiving substance use treatment via telehealth
Age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine and opioids increased more quickly than cocaine alone from 2011 to 2021
Integrated behavioral health services may help address patient needs with opioid use disorder, the authors say
Years of life lost due to opioid toxicity plateaued between 2017 and 2019, then increased through 2021
Most patients with emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid overdose were men; most frequent drugs reported were fentanyl and heroin
Extended-release injection available in lower doses to be administered in health care settings by health care providers
Methadone dispensing up after 2020 without displacing use of buprenorphine
More White than Black and Hispanic patients receive buprenorphine, naloxone, benzodiazepines in 180 days after index event