A hospital stay for an alcohol related illness can provide an important opportunity to begin treatment. Yet many patients leave without taking that next step. A systematic review, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, …
San Diego County’s shortage of supervised withdrawal capacity is about to improve. Officials unveiled a new $29 million Substance Use Residential and Treatment Services center in National City on September 14. The facility represents the …
A new local option is available for adults in Western Montana who need medical detox. Community Medical Center in Missoula launched a supervised withdrawal management program on September 9 through StepOne Service. The program addresses …
Getting medication assisted treatment for opioid dependence is becoming possible in more communities than ever before. Across the country states have started dropping rules that once limited where methadone could be dispensed, and how patients …
Medical detox programs face a new complication in the opioid supply. Health officials in Philadelphia have confirmed medetomidine in the local fentanyl supply. The veterinary sedative has never been approved for human use. It can …