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 …
People who use fentanyl today may be detoxing from more than one drug at once. A new study of patient experiences with medetomidine shows why complicated withdrawal belongs in medical detox. Medetomidine is a powerful …