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
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