Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also ...
Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...
A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most—nearly seven in 10—are not receiving access to potentially life-saving drugs within six ...
Over six months, more than 60 people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder answered surveys on their smartphones about their mental health, psychological state and ...
Background: Medical devices offer an established therapeutic approach for managing the transition from polysubstance use to abstinence, but little is known about longer-term outcomes. Aim: Determine ...
The Peterson Health Technology Institute released a report on virtual solutions for opioid use disorder that found companies prescribing medications for OUD virtually are an effective substitute for ...
Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...
A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...
Access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the pharmacy is internationally accepted; however, in the US, methadone treatment for OUD can only be provided by opioid treatment programs (OTPs ...
Integrating OUD treatment into CCM in primary care significantly reduces opioid use compared to usual care, with sharper declines observed in the intervention group. The study found modest ...