The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, providing the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication free of charge ...

The rate of opioid use disorder (OUD) is high in Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women, and they have a high rate of severe ...

A gap persists between the need for and receipt of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment among U.S. individuals, according ...

The mayors of Manchester and Nashua celebrated the good news, as preliminary data suggest opioid overdose deaths declined in ...

Phone App May Help Treat Opioid Use Disorder, Data Suggests By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A smartphone app appears to help people battle opioid use ...

Augmenting medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with smartphone app-based contingency management (CM) is beneficial.

Alcohol use can worsen symptoms of depression, mania, or hypomania in bipolar disorder and may have other negative effects on ...

Companies like Pfizer, Amgen, AbbVie, Novartis, and others are advancing Opioid Use Disorder treatments, focusing on improving symptoms and patient ...

The Massachusetts Legislature approved legislation to combat the opioid crisis and support residents living with substance use disorder (SUD).

This cross-sectional study of pregnant people enrolled in Medicaid found that the rate of opioid use disorder among this group was more than twice as high as previous estimates. Pregnant people with ...

A clinical algorithm and implementation evaluation protocol for sublingual and injectable buprenorphine treatment of opioid ...

A gap persists between the need for and receipt of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment among U.S. individuals, ac ...