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Celebrity Death Fuels Call for Ketamine Standards

The suspected overdose death of Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old model and son of Cindy Crawford, has become the latest flashpoint in a growing debate over ketamine prescribing. Friends of Gerber say a doctor had been …

New Tulsa Medical Detox Center Will Add 62 Treatment Beds

CREOKS Health Services announced plans that will give Oklahoma new medical detox capacity in Tulsa. The behavioral health provider intends to open a detoxification and residential treatment center at 3310 West 61st St, which will …

Youth Fentanyl Risks Prompt New Teen Detox Treatment Guide

A new guide to teen detox arrives with a number that explains why families need it. A University of Michigan study found that 52% of eighth graders didn’t consider experimental fentanyl use to be a …

Most Americans Support Laws Requiring Opioid Treatment Medication

A national survey published in Psychiatric Services showed that 74% of Americans support laws requiring addiction treatment facilities to offer FDA-approved medications to treat opioid use disorder. The public supports medication-assisted treatment as a standard …

Guidance Urged for Telehealth Buprenorphine Treatment During Pregnancy

Telehealth has made buprenorphine treatment simple to access for some people diagnosed with opioid use disorder. But clinicians still need clearer direction on how to properly administer remote care during the time period of pregnancy …

New Non Opioid Drug Journavx Offers Pain Relief After Surgery

A new non-opioid pain medicine is giving some surgical patients another option for managing pain. Journavx is the first new non-opioid pain medicine approved by the FDA in nearly 20 years. Fox Carolina reported that …

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 …