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Mobile Medical Detox Reaches Seattle Tiny Home Villages

For residents of Seattle’s tiny home villages, getting to a medical detox clinic has meant navigating buses, waiting lists and a system not built for people without stable housing. Starting June 15, a clinic-on-wheels will …
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Frog Poison Detox Trend is Deadly and Unproven

A man is dead because of frog poison, and medical experts are raising urgent alarms. It’s the latest casualty of a growing “detox” trend that has nothing to do with medical detox and everything to …
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Anti-Parasitic Drug Shows Promise for Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment

A drug best known for treating parasitic infections may one day play a role in managing alcohol withdrawal, and new preclinical research is pointing researchers in a promising direction. Scientists at the University of California …
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Pennsylvania Prisons Spend $36M on Suboxone MAT Programs

Pennsylvania is spending $36.7 million a year on Suboxone-based medication-assisted treatment inside its state prisons, and the price tag is still climbing. The program now covers more than 5,000 inmates with opioid use disorder, with …
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Missoula Adds Medical Detox as Montana Addiction Crisis Grows

A Missoula hospital is launching a new medical detox program this July, offering the first widely accessible, insurance-covered inpatient withdrawal management service in western Montana, a development that could transform how the state’s growing addiction …
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Wyoming Jail Launches First Medication Assisted Treatment Program

Wyoming’s first medication-assisted treatment program inside a county jail is now operating at the Sheridan County Detention Center, a milestone that addiction medicine specialists say could improve both withdrawal safety and long-term recovery outcomes for …
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Ohio Opioid Treatment Program Now Offers Sublocade and Brixadi

For people managing opioid use disorders, a significant advancement in medication-assisted treatment is now more widely available. Two long-acting injectable forms of buprenorphine — Sublocade and Brixadi — are being added to treatment programs in …
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Buprenorphine May Guard Against Fentanyl Respiratory Suppression

A newly published peer-reviewed study suggests that medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine may do more than manage opioid withdrawa, it may actively block the respiratory suppression that makes fentanyl so deadly. For people seeking medical detox …
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Experimental Drug May Reduce Alcohol Withdrawal Brain Damage

An investigational Alzheimer’s drug may help protect the brain during alcohol detox by targeting the neuroinflammation that drives relapse, according to new research, but scientists stress that medically supervised detox remains the only safe path …
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Springfield Loses Medical Detox Beds as Staffing Crisis Grows

Western Massachusetts residents seeking medical detox now have fewer local options after a major provider eliminated its 24/7 supervised withdrawal beds, a change that raises urgent questions about safe access to detox programs in the …
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Maine Paramedics Now Offer Buprenorphine After Opioid Overdoses

Maine’s first EMS-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) pilot program to address opioid overdoses with buprenorphine is now underway in Westbrook. The Pine Tree State has long offered inpatient and outpatient forms of detox to fit anyone’s …

Long-Awaited Medical Detox Center Opens in Lynchburg, Virginia

A new medical detox facility is now open in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, expanding access to supervised withdrawal management for people struggling with substance addiction in a region where treatment gaps have persisted for years. Roads …
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