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New York Workplaces Must Now Carry Narcan in First Aid Kits

New York employers are about to add something to many workplace first aid kits. Starting December 13 most businesses in the state will have to keep naloxone, known under the brand name Narcan, available at …

Only 1 in 6 Youth With Opioid Addiction Receive Medication

A large national study, published in JAMA Network Open in October, shows how often young people with opioid addiction fall out of treatment. Most never make it through the full process. Researchers followed 229847 Medicaid …

Maine Medicaid Waiver Funds Medical Detox Before Jail Release

Maine residents leaving jail will have an easier time continuing medical detox medications and behavioral health care under a federal waiver approved Sept. 25. The change allows correctional facilities to bill MaineCare for certain medical …

Study Shows Supplement Reverses Some Prenatal Opioid Harm in Rats

Babies exposed to opioids before birth in an Australian study showed lasting memory and behavioral problems. Those problems disappeared when researchers added a common gut bacteria supplement to their diet. The finding was published in …

Timing Matters for Take-Home Methadone After Detox, Study Finds

The question of when a patient on methadone should take doses home has shaped opioid treatment for fifty years and usually gets answered with rules rather than evidence. A study published in September in JAMA …

Philadelphia Methadone Van Treats 567 People in First Year

The most effective front door for opioid addiction treatment is sometimes a side door with a window in it. Philadelphia officials cut the ribbon on a new permanent home for the city’s first mobile methadone …

Medical Detox Needs Rise as Sedative Taints Fentanyl Supply

People who use fentanyl today may be detoxing from more than one drug at once. A new study of patient experiences with medetomidine shows why complicated withdrawal belongs in medical detox. Medetomidine is a powerful …

Federal Grant Funds Psilocybin Study for Cocaine Detox

Roanoke has become an unexpected setting for research into one of addiction medicine’s biggest treatment gaps. A psychiatrist at Carilion Clinic has received a federal grant to study psilocybin as a possible medication for cocaine …

NIH $2.3M Ibogaine Study Sets Strict Heart Safety Limits

In a first of it’s kind ibogaine trial for opioid addiction in America, every participant will wear a heart monitor around the clock. One number will determine whether researchers keep going. If a participant’s QTc …

Alcohol Detox Patients Stay Longer When Buprenorphine Starts Fast

When someone withdraws from alcohol and opioids at the same time the first 24 hours of a hospital stay may determine whether they stay for treatment. A study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine …

New ASAM Edition Eliminates Standalone Detox Levels

The newest edition of the standard reference for addiction placement criteria removes standalone withdrawal management levels. Clinicians warn that rigid implementation could put access to medical detox at risk in states that have written those …

New Methadone Treatment Units Open in Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado just received two new options for medication-assisted treatment. Porch Light Health and Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center opened new CBHC medication units in September, one inside Porch Light Health’s Fort Collins clinic at 702 …