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
Authors hope findings will 'inform a more cautious approach to decisions around opioid dose tapering'
Relative change from 2016 to 2019 varied from −52.0 percent in Mississippi to −6.9 percent in New Hampshire
At pandemic outset, significant decreases in buprenorphine prescription fills seen for Black, Hispanic patients, but not White patients
Yet, study shows buprenorphine is effective in protecting against overdose in this population
1999 to 2019 saw increase in mortality rates for opioid-only and opioids in combination with other substances
A shift in the age distribution of opioid-related mortality has occurred with the highest rates now observed in younger individuals
Many patients filling buprenorphine prescriptions written by emergency physicians do not subsequently fill prescriptions for the treatment