Higher doses and a longer duration of buprenorphine use throughout pregnancy for opioid use disorder (OUD) are associated with improved postpartum treatment retention and fewer overdose events, with ...

Under the pilot program, paramedics would be able to provide Suboxone to patients who meet certain criteria following an ...

Suboxone can cut the risk of death in half and give patients relief and time to consider long-term treatment options.

New research from Mass General Brigham finds that adolescents and young adults who stayed on the medication buprenorphine for at least a year had markedly lower risks of opioid overdose and ...

Low adherence and discontinuation in less than 3 months led to a higher risk for emergency department use compared with high adherence. HealthDay News — Buprenorphine adherence among youths may ...

Among youth who initiated buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder, four patterns of buprenorphine use were identified, with the most common being discontinuation within 3 months. Low adherence ...

We examined Medicare Part D claims from the period 2015–19 to identify state and national racial and ethnic disparities in buprenorphine receipt among Medicare disability beneficiaries with diagnosed ...

The weekend was rain-free for most of us along the West Coast, and that trend will continue for the foreseeable future. Neighbors seek tighter oversight as Tigard shelter touts patrols and housing ...

Pennsylvania prisons now give suboxone to thousands of inmates, with thousands more on the waiting list.

After years of alarming increases in opioid overdose deaths, the U.S. finally saw a 1-year decline from 84,000 to 81,000 in 2023. While the marginal drop is encouraging, we cannot rest on this ...

Three decades into the overdose crisis, US lawmakers are still trying to stem the rising tide of drug-related deaths. Promising recent developments, combined with the effective use of national opioid ...