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Medical Detox Without Follow-Up Fails Hospitalized AUD Patients

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, …

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National City, California Opens $29M Medical Detox Center

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 …

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Missoula, Montana Hospital Launches Medical Detox Program

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 …

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Medication Assisted Treatment Access Expands as States Ease Rules

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 …

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Medetomidine in Fentanyl Supply Sparks Medical Detox Warning

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 …

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Medical Detox Still Essential as Fentanyl Vaccine Advances

University of Washington researchers will ask the Food and Drug Administration for approval to begin human trials of a fentanyl vaccine. The vaccine itself is years away from pharmacies. Why Medical Detox Matters With fentanyl …

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Medical Detox in New York Returns to Former Lakeshore Hospital

A new facility in Chautauqua County added five medically supervised detoxification beds. They also added 20 substance use disorder treatment beds to a region state leaders describe as a mental health care desert. New York …

GLP-1 Telehealth Company Launches to Expand Medical Detox Access

Quel Health Inc. announced this week the launch of what it describes as the first national telehealth company built around GLP-1 receptor agonists for addiction treatment. The startup named Caron Treatment Centers as a Founding …

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