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Medetomidine Withdrawal Exposes Medical Detox Gaps in US Jails

Medical detox from fentanyl now often means detoxing from two substances at once, and the setting where that happens least safely is a county jail. Reporting published June 26 by STAT documents what happens when …

Denver Walk In Clinic Offers Medication-Assisted Treatment

The hardest part of starting medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder is often not the medication. It is the wait. A person who decides on a Tuesday that they are ready to stop using fentanyl …

Medical Detox Guidance Expands for Medetomidine Withdrawal

A sedative that most people have never heard of has changed what medical detox from fentanyl actually involves. Medetomidine, a veterinary drug now saturating the illicit opioid supply in some cities, produces a withdrawal syndrome …

Phenobarbital Linked to Fewer Seizures in Alcohol Withdrawal

One of the oldest questions in medical detox is which medication best protects someone going through alcohol withdrawal. A new comparative study of 9,424 hospitalized patients adds a substantial data point, linking phenobarbital monotherapy to …

Bristol, Virginia Gets First Methadone Clinic Within 50 Miles

A new methadone clinic in Bristol, Virginia is now open, and for people across the Tri-Cities it removes a barrier that has kept some out of treatment entirely. Cedar Recovery’s Bristol location is the first …

Coroner Ties Hiker Death to Probable Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures

A death first investigated as possible foul play has been ruled a probable case of fatal alcohol withdrawal, and it points at something medical detox clinicians see regularly but the public rarely hears about. Joanna …

1 in 3 New Buprenorphine Prescriptions Went Unfilled in 2024

For anyone planning what happens after opioid detox, a study published August 4 in JAMA Network Open identifies a failure point that sits outside the clinic entirely. Medication-assisted treatment only works if the medication reaches …

Opioid Taper Study Finds Added Therapy Does Not Boost Success

Anyone facing a prescribed opioid taper wants to know two things. Will the dose reduction hold, and how rough will it feel. A randomized controlled trial published July 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine …

Medical Detox Now Offered at Marshall, Missouri Rehab Center

For people in central Missouri who need medical detox, the nearest supervised option has often meant a long drive. A residential addiction treatment center in Marshall, Missouri is now offering medically supported withdrawal care alongside …

Medical Detox Cases Rise in Florida as DEA Targets 7-OH

People arriving for medical detox from a kratom-derived compound called 7-OH often did not know they were taking an opioid. That is the clinical problem Florida detox programs describe, and it is about to collide …

Hospitalist Says MAT at Discharge Strengthens Opioid Recovery

Medication-assisted treatment often begins during a hospital stay, and whether it continues afterward often comes down to what happens in the hours before discharge. Heidi Bray, DNP, a nurse practitioner and hospitalist at Providence St. …

Methadone Pharmacy Bill Divides Addiction Treatment Providers

For half a century, methadone for opioid use disorder has been available in the United States only through federally certified opioid treatment programs and approved providers. A reintroduced bipartisan bill would change that, and the …