A large national study, published in JAMA Network Open in October, shows how often young people with opioid addiction fall out of treatment. Most never make it through the full process. Researchers followed 229847 Medicaid …
Maine residents leaving jail will have an easier time continuing medical detox medications and behavioral health care under a federal waiver approved Sept. 25. The change allows correctional facilities to bill MaineCare for certain medical …
Babies exposed to opioids before birth in an Australian study showed lasting memory and behavioral problems. Those problems disappeared when researchers added a common gut bacteria supplement to their diet. The finding was published in …
The question of when a patient on methadone should take doses home has shaped opioid treatment for fifty years and usually gets answered with rules rather than evidence. A study published in September in JAMA …
The most effective front door for opioid addiction treatment is sometimes a side door with a window in it. Philadelphia officials cut the ribbon on a new permanent home for the city’s first mobile methadone …