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Data Suggest Doctors Wait 12 Months Before Buprenorphine Tapers

Stopping buprenorphine is one of the most consequential decisions in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder, and a new clinical review lays out what the evidence supports. Tapering buprenorphine should be a slow, voluntary …

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Oral Health Care Protects Teeth During Buprenorphine Treatment

Buprenorphine treatment remains one of the most effective tools available for opioid use disorder, and the Food and Drug Administration has stated that its benefits clearly outweigh its risks. It has also flagged a side …

State-Funded Methadone Treatment Vans Launch in Connecticut

Getting methadone treatment has always meant getting to the clinic, and for people in rural Connecticut that has meant a daily drive many could not sustain. Three state-funded mobile units are now trying to close …

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Under 39,000 Young Patients Filled Buprenorphine Prescriptions in 2023

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is approved for patients as young as 16. It’s available in pharmacies nationwide and can be prescribed by any doctor or nurse practitioner. Resources like buprenorphine prescriptions for …

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Detox Made Up 17 Percent of Treatment Admissions in 2024

Alcohol was the leading reason people entered substance use treatment in 2024, and roughly one medical detox treatment admission in six was for withdrawal management rather than ongoing treatment. Those figures come from SAMHSA’s Treatment …

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Buprenorphine Prescriptions Fell 11% in Rhode Island Since 2022

Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder became easier to prescribe in 2023 when Congress eliminated the federal waiver requirement for buprenorphine. New surveillance data from Rhode Island shows dispensing went the other direction anyway. Buprenorphine …

Methadone Take Home Access Expands Under 2024 Federal Rules

For decades, starting methadone meant showing up at a clinic every morning, indefinitely. That requirement kept medication-assisted treatment out of reach for anyone with a job, young children, or a long drive. Two years after …

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Recovery Meds Started in 1 of 5 Alcohol Withdrawal Hospitalizations

Getting through alcohol withdrawal in a hospital is the hard part most people picture. A study of nearly 6,000 such hospitalizations suggests the more consequential gap comes at the other end, when patients are discharged …

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