Medication for addiction treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine or methadone is an appropriate and accepted treatment for pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD), according to a research review and ...

Methadone treatment for opioid addiction in the US evokes an image of people lined up at a special clinic at 6 am. Other countries, backed by data, provide it through primary care.

The effectiveness of different treatment options for opioid use disorder (OUD) will vary between people. Generally, the most effective option is a combination of medication and counseling. OUD ...

Perinatal mothers enrolled in Michigan Medicaid between 2012 and 2021 who had opioid use disorder were more likely to have a ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable but potentially life-threatening condition. Yet millions of people still lack access to the most effective treatment options. According to recently released ...

As of 2023, more than 5 million people ages 12 or older in the U.S. have opioid use disorder (OUD). Although evidence shows that patients receiving medication for their OUD die of all causes at half ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Buprenorphine treatment in the ED was associated with almost two times greater odds of 30-day OUD treatment. The ...

Only a quarter of the estimated 4% of American adults who needed medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in 2022 received the treatment, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

Opioids relieve pain but are dangerous and highly addictive. In a recent 12-month period, there were 109,600 USA drug-overdose deaths, with 70% linked to opioids. In 2023, 5.7 million people in the ...

Treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in opioid treatment programs (OTPs) was associated with a lower risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and COVID-related emergency department visits than office-based ...

Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are underused in the treatment of people with OUD; insurance-related barriers are a possible driving factor. We used Wisconsin’s all-payer claims database ...

After Helene, barriers to OUD care in Boone exposed how regulations and infrastructure failures interrupt treatment; reforms should enable phone visits, stockpiles, and refills.