New rules for methadone ease access opioid addiction treatment
6 days ago · An effective treatment for opioid addiction is easier to get after the Biden administration changed rules. That's making a difference for some people battling opioid use disorder, but access is ...
Only 1 in 5 U.S. adults with opioid use disorder received …
Aug 7, 2023 · In 2021, an estimated 2.5 million people aged 18 years or older in the U.S. had opioid use disorder in the past year, yet only 1 in 5 of them (22%) received medications to treat it, according to a new study.
Ozempic shows promise for treating alcohol and drug abuse, …
1 day ago · And people with opioid use disorder who were taking the medications had a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose. ... Leggio says the good news is that there are now several such clinical trials ...
Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for ...
Sep 24, 2024 · A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, and only 12.8% made these available to …
Remember opioid crisis? It’s gotten worse. - Harvard Gazette
July 19, 2023 8 min read. Researchers say a series of interventions appear to help with overdose deaths, but warn that they must be scaled pretty high. News of the opioid crisis no longer dominates the headlines as it did before the pandemic. …
FDA Approves New Buprenorphine Treatment Option for Opioid Use Disorder
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Brixadi (buprenorphine) extended-release injection for subcutaneous use (under the skin) to treat moderate to severe opioid use disorder...
Treating opioid disorder without meds more harmful than no
Dec 19, 2023 · Non-medication-based treatments for opioid use disorder may be more harmful than no treatment at all, a new Yale study finds. In cases of opioid use disorder, short-term medically managed withdrawal (commonly known as detox) and long-term rehabilitation treatments that don’t incorporate continued use of buprenorphine or methadone are no more ...
SAMHSA Proposes Update to Federal Rules to Expand Access to Opioid Use …
Dec 13, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is proposing to expand access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) at a time when more than 107,000 Americans lost their lives to an overdose last year.
Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes …
Sep 25, 2024 · Studies have shown that more than 16 mg of buprenorphine is safe and well tolerated in people with opioid use disorder in emergency department and outpatient treatment settings, and that higher buprenorphine doses are associated with improved retention in treatment for opioid use disorder.
Ozempic, Mounjaro may help with alcohol and opioid addiction, …
17 hours ago · And people with opioid use disorder who were taking the medications had a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose. ... Leggio says the good news is that there are now several such clinical trials ...