Significant decrease seen in rate of ED visits, hospital admissions, admission for incident infections in year after cohort entry
More Medicare beneficiaries received OUD-related telehealth services, behavioral health-related telehealth services, meds for OUD
Overall, deaths in Tennessee known to be linked to nitazenes rose from 10 in 2020 to 42 one year later
For 2018 compared with 2014, mean out-of-pocket cost of naloxone increased by 506 percent among uninsured patients
Judge ruled CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart pharmacies must pay Ohio counties for their part in the epidemic
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
Small pilot study suggests suvorexant may improve sleep, reduce opioid withdrawal and craving during buprenorphine/naloxone taper
Palliative and addiction medicine specialists provide consensus-based guidance for three common clinical scenarios