Under pandemic-era rules, they’re able to prescribe medications for opioid-use disorder via telehealth. That’s increasing access to treatment. Under pandemic-era rules, they’re able to prescribe ...
Ever since fentanyl came to dominate the U.S. illicit drug supply, doctors and patients have found buprenorphine, a key addiction-treatment medication, increasingly difficult to use. All too often, ...
ADDICTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDS. WHAT WE SAW IS THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OPIOIDS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE KILLING A RECORD NUMBER OF TEENAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT ...
It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose ...
Opioid withdrawal symptoms like anxiety and restlessness can start hours after your last dose and go on for days, and sometimes months.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — One of the newest methods of treating opioid-use disorder has doctors raving. It's called Sublocade, a brandname extended-release injection of buprenorphine. "It's ...
PHILADELPHIA – As a primary care physician at Jefferson Health, Greg Jaffe helps his patients navigate diabetes and high blood pressure, flu shots and annual checkups – standard fare for a family ...
A test that uses a cheek swab to assess whether people have an elevated risk of becoming addicted to opioid medications received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Doctors say spreading awareness of how dangerous drugs can be is one of the best ways they know to tackle the epidemic. Doctors say it’s very discouraging to be years into this ...
A metro Detroit doctor was sentenced to six years in federal prison after prosecutors said she illegally issued opioid ...
It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose ...