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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...
Too Often, Overdose Survivors Miss Out on Vital Treatments: Study
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 – Most seniors who survive a drug overdose often miss out on treatments that could help save them from a subsequent OD, a new study shows. Almost 24,000 Medicaid...
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...
Help for Women Battling ADHD & Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – Opioid overdoses in pregnant women are at an all-time high in the United States, and researchers think they’ve figured out one way to counter this phenomenon. Attention d...
Few Receive Meds for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Overdose
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – In the 12 months after a nonfatal overdose, few Medicare beneficiaries receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or fill a naloxone prescription, according to a...
Drug-Linked Infant Deaths Doubled in U.S. in 4 Years
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – As an epidemic of drug abuse cuts it way through America, none are left unharmed, even the very young. New data finds that the rate of infants dying from drug-related...
Almost 1 in 3 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From a Drug Overdose
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose....
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...
Slight Decline Seen in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – New 2023 provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics show the first decline in deaths from drug overdose in the United States since 2018. "Statistics...
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time in 7 Years
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – The relentless rise in deaths from drug overdose in the United States may finally have stalled: New data from 2023 show the first decline in such deaths since 2018....
American Psychiatric Association, May 4-8
The annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 4 to 8 in New York City, drawing participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health...
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....
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