A new medication unit in Red Bluff, California is putting medication-assisted treatment within reach for people who previously had to travel out of Tehama County to start opioid treatment. Why Medical Detox and MOUD Access …
Medical detox for opioid use disorder often depends on methadone, but a new study finds that more than 93 percent of rural counties in the United States have no Medicare-enrolled opioid treatment program able to …
A systematic review published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment found only limited, low-quality evidence supporting non-medication approaches to easing opioid withdrawal symptoms, a finding that reinforces why medical detox supervised by trained clinicians …
Naloxone kiosks in one Colorado county have distributed more than 9,500 boxes of the overdose-reversal medication since December 2024, an average of 17 kits accessed every day. For anyone weighing whether medical detox is the …
A new qualitative study offers a detailed look at why cocaine use often continues during methadone treatment, and what keeps people engaged in care despite that ongoing use. For anyone researching medical detox and opioid …