Opinion | Optimizing Dosing of Medications for OUD in the Era of Fentanyl
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Bicycle Health Doctors Fly to Alabama for a Second Year to Ensure Opioid Treatment…
BOSTON, July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bicycle Health, the nation’s largest provider of virtual opioid addiction treatment, today announced the successful completion of its second…
Myths about will power and moral weakness keep people with opioid use disorder from…
The most effective science-based treatment for opioid use disorder is medication. Methadone and buprenorphine prevent intense cravings and other symptoms of withdrawal, while naltrexone…
Opinion | Why Isn’t Buprenorphine Available at All Pharmacies?
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Adolescent Residential Addiction Facilities Largely Do Not Provide Buprenorphine
Lori Solomon
WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in four U.S. facilities offer buprenorphine for adolescent residential…
Buprenorphine Initiation Rates Stall Despite Policy Efforts to Boost Uptake
Monthly initiation rates for buprenorphine increased and then flattened from 2016 to 2022,…
Opinion | The Evolution of Opioid Addiction Care
In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Sarah Wakeman, MD, and…
Training Program Leads to More Buprenorphine Use in ED
A 6-month intensive education program bolstered usage rates of buprenorphine for opioid use…
Buprenorphine Urine Spiking; More Positive KarXT Data in Schizophrenia; Sad Seattle
New research finds that patients who spike their urine with buprenorphine to cheat adherence…
Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain, Not Full Agonist Opioids, New VA Guidance Says
Buprenorphine, rather than a full agonist opioid, should be used for patients taking daily…