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New Opioid Withdrawal Treatment Helps Newborns Go Home Sooner

A landmark NIH-funded clinical trial has found that treating opioid withdrawal in newborns based on real-time symptoms, rather than a fixed dosing schedule, gets babies off medication faster and home two days sooner, with meaningfully …

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Medication-Assisted Treatment Cuts Reincarceration Rates in Pennsylvania

New data out of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania offers compelling evidence that medication-assisted treatment works, not just for opioid detox and recovery, but for reducing the cycle of incarceration that traps so many people with untreated …

Why Synthetic Drug DIY Detox Is Medically Dangerous

A growing number of people struggling with addiction are turning to unregulated synthetic drugs in a desperate attempt to detox on their own, and medical experts say it is one of the most dangerous trends …

New Medical Detox Clinic Opens in Crescent City, California

Aegis Treatment Centers has opened a new medical detox and medication-assisted treatment clinic in Crescent City, California, bringing evidence-based opioid care to one of the state’s most underserved and overdose-burdened communities. For residents of Del …

Teens With Opioid Use Disorder Are Being Denied Medication Detox

Adolescents struggling with opioid use disorder face the highest overdose risk of any age group, yet they remain the least likely to receive medication-assisted treatment. A peer-reviewed study published in Cureus in May 2026 examined …

Natural Disasters Put Medication-Assisted Treatment at Risk

Opioid use disorder is a chronic medical condition, and the medications used to treat it, buprenorphine (brand name Suboxone), methadone, and naltrexone, are not optional supplements. They are evidence-based, FDA-approved treatments that stabilize brain chemistry, …

AI-Designed Drug May Expand Opioid Medical Detox Options

A new AI-engineered compound slashed fentanyl consumption by more than 60% in animal studies. Researchers say it could eventually reshape medical detox for opioid use disorder by offering a non-addictive treatment pathway that doesn’t rely …

Iowa Mobile MAT Clinic Expands Medication-Assisted Treatment Access

A mobile medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic is bringing opioid and substance use disorder care directly to rural Iowa communities, and the results are already reaching more than 100 patients who might otherwise go without help. …

Wisconsin Methadone Rules Block Opioid Treatment Access

Wisconsin patients seeking medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder face some of the most restrictive medical detox rules in the country, and providers say those rules are costing lives. While other states have updated their …

New Study Improves Opioid Withdrawal Treatment for Newborns

A new NIH-funded clinical trial is changing how doctors approach medical detox for one of the most vulnerable patients in the opioid crisis: newborns. The research, published in JAMA, finds that matching opioid withdrawal treatment …

Salt Lake County Expands Medical Detox and MAT in Jails

A new five-year plan out of Salt Lake County is putting $29.7 million behind a principle that addiction medicine has long supported. Medical detox and medication-assisted treatment need to follow people through the entire continuum …

Alcohol Use Disorder Medications Cut Hospital Costs and Stays

New research confirms that medication-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder lowers hospitalization rates and reduces medical cost. These findings underscore why medical detox and comprehensive follow-up care can be life-changing for patients struggling with alcohol …