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Only One-Quarter of Adults Who Needed Opioid Use Disorder Meds in 2022 Received Them
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 – Only one-quarter of adults who needed opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in 2022 received medications for OUD, according to research published in the June 27 issue of the...
Only 1 in 4 People Who Need Meds to Fight Opioid Addiction Get Them
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 – Just 25% of people battling opioid use disorder are getting medications aimed at helping them quit and potentially avoid an overdose, new data shows. Boosting access to...
ADHD Meds May Help Control Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 – Psychostimulants may help opioid use disorder (OUD) outcomes in pregnant women, according to a study published online June 11 in Nature Mental Health. Kevin Y. Xu, ...
About One-Third of Mental Health Facilities Offer Meds for Opioid Addiction
THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 – About one-third of community outpatient mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs) offer medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a study published online...
Multimodal Intervention Does Not Cut Opioid Overdose Deaths
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – A multimodal intervention trial implementing evidence-based practice strategies does not reduce opioid overdose deaths, according to a study published online June 16 in the...
Most Outpatient Mental Health Clinics Don't Offer Opioid Addiction Meds
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 – Only a third of outpatient mental health facilities offer medications essential for treating opioid addiction, a new study finds. Standard care for treating people with...
High Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some From Lifesaving Opioid Antidote
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds. Naloxone (also...
Racial Disparity Seen in Naloxone Administration
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – In Pennsylvania, from 2019 to 2021, Black people who died from overdose deaths had lower odds of naloxone administration compared with White and Hispanic people, according to...
Shared Fentanyl Pipe Residue a New Overdose Danger
THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 – San Francisco researchers report that smoking has now replaced injections as the most common way of ingesting illicit fentanyl. That switch has created a potentially deadly...
321,566 Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose in 2011 to 2021
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – From 2011 to 2021, an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdose in the United States, according to a study published online May 8 in JAMA Psychiatry....
Drug, Alcohol Abuse Goes Untreated in Many Ex-Prisoners
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 – Most ex-cons are unlikely to receive substance use treatment following their release from prison, even though odds are high they are struggling with addiction, a new study...
Rural Americans Are Going Without Meds to Fight Opioid, Alcohol Addictions
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 — Less than 9% of rural Americans who abuse both opioids and alcohol are prescribed medications to treat both disorders, new research reveals. Naltrexone treats both opioid u...
Biden Administration Calls for Greater Access to Overdose Antidote
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 – The White House on Wednesday launched a nationwide call for more training and better access to the lifesaving opioid overdose drug naloxone. Called the Challenge to Save...
Four in 10 U.S. Adults Say They Know Someone Who Died From Drug Overdose
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – More than four in 10 U.S. adults personally know at least one person who died by drug overdose, according to an editorial published in the March issue of the American ...
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From Drug Overdose
THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 – More than two in every five Americans know someone who’s died from a drug overdose, a new study shows. The study highlights the heavy toll that the U.S. opioid epidemic has ...
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