Incarcerated people are reporting that the abrupt changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.

Maggie Lowenstein, an addiction medicine specialist, has seen her patients struggling to get access to medications to treat ...

Outer Banks Voice A new study looking at opioid-related deaths around the county found that after peaking in mid-2023, overall those deaths declined by 16% from 2023-2024.

For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, ...

Rep’s analysis, in the 12 months ending in June 2023, Washington saw 34.1 opioid-related deaths per 100,000 residents. By ...

Racial disparities in access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD ... The primary outcome was the access to medication treatment for OUD within 180 days of index diagnosis, measured ...

Officials attribute the decline to increased availability of naloxone and efforts to combat unscrupulous treatment ... opioid deaths in 2024, compared to 414 in 2023, according to statistics ...

Patients who receive inpatient treatment are far more likely to be prescribed life-saving addiction medications, a new study ...

As a paramedic stabilizes the patient, a certified recovery specialist will encourage the person to seek help at a Main Line ...

Thanks to the implementation of effective policy, the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by nearly 24% ...