Active metabolites form when the body metabolizes, or breaks down, a drug. They then produce effects in the body. Therefore, people who use heroin may do so several times a day to maintain the effect.

I n July, Mobile city leaders approved a $154,000 consulting contract with The Helios Alliance to help them determine how to best spend $2.3 million in opioid settlement funds.The organization's ...

Most CT municipalities had yet to use any opioid settlement funds as of last fall. But some have pooled their money and created partnerships. Get Connecticut public policy news at your fingertips.

People with opioid use disorder who have hepatitis C virus (HCV) were twice as likely to be successfully treated and cured from HCV if they received facilitated telemedicine treatment at their ...

Of the $9.8 million the towns and cities received, only $1 million of that money was allocated to help combat the state’s deadly opioid epidemic, which claimed the lives of an estimated 1,117 ...

The researchers found that 90.7% of those in the telemedicine arm at an opioid treatment program were cured of HCV infection compared to 35.2% of participants who were referred to an offsite ...

Telemedicine is widely perceived as an important tool for potentially improving health care access for the underserved. However, few randomized controlled trials have been conducted to determine its ...