about their success in beating their heroin habit. They passionately explained how Dennis’ decision to take methadone helped bring them closer together with their two young children. And they urged ...
It should be easier to get methadone today than it has been in decades. In April, 2024, the federal government relaxed some of the rules around the treatment for opioid addiction. But many patients ...
While the numbers are finally starting to decline, more than 74,000 Americans are still dying every year from opioid overdoses. Despite that, very few people who are struggling with addiction get ...
New national commission brings together leading experts to improve access to high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based ...
Treatment numbers rose over the 2010s as the opioid crisis became prominent and also included increases in buprenorphine, an easier to access medication ...
Methadone, an FDA-approved medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), works as a safer alternative to deadly street opioids like heroin and fentanyl. With its long half-life, methadone smoothens ...
In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, Yale researchers examined the burdens for people who use public transit to ...
TORRINGTON — Many who are addicted to narcotics and opioids can’t envision a life without drugs. But those who provide treatment for addictions say those people can find recovery, as long as those who ...
Outside the hospital, use of methadone to treat pain carries a 46 percent increased risk of death when compared to the equally effective but more costly alternative, morphine SR (sustained release).
CHICAGO — Consensus guidelines designed to reduce methadone-related overdoses in patients being treated for pain are a good starting place for physicians wishing to safely use methadone in palliative ...