Anyone starting medication assisted treatment for opioid dependence in the United States can run into a major access issue. Methadone remains available through federally regulated opioid treatment programs. Most patients also need to appear in …
If you take buprenorphine or methadone, or you are weighing medication-assisted treatment as a next step after detox, two federal letters issued this spring may change what your clinic is asked to do at your …
Like alcohol, benzodiazepines are one of the few substances where medical detox exists because stopping can kill you. A joint clinical practice guideline from 10 medical societies has now put specific numbers on how slowly …
New CDC surveillance numbers show that medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder has become more available in some ways over the past six years. It also showed it remained less available in other ways. The …
A medication approved in 1994 is having a social media moment and the framing is doing it no favors. Naltrexone for alcohol cravings is being promoted online as the Ozempic of drinking. It’s being talked …
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