Eleven opioid treatment centers across six states are adding office based buprenorphine treatment alongside their existing methadone programs. Patients at these sites can now receive an assessment for either medication without transferring to another provider. …
Getting through alcohol detox safely is a medical achievement. Staying out of the hospital afterward turns out to be a much harder process. A new systematic review and meta-analysis finds that about one in six …
Gabapentin and pregabalin are thought of by most people as background medications. They’re not thought of as drugs anyone would need medical detox treatment to stop. A new study out of Manchester, United Kingdom is …
The distance between using and getting help is often measured in doors and Ocean County just removed one. A harm reduction vending machine now operates around the clock outside a Toms River, New Jersey clinic …
When trying to withdraw from fentanyl safely, what is mixed into the supply now matters as much as the opioid itself. A study of two Philadelphia emergency departments found that visits for withdrawal treatment more …