Opioid use disorder (OUD) is also referred to as opioid addiction. It's a treatable medical condition that changes your brain and body in ways that make it hard to stop using opioids. This is because ...

BC’s new opioid use disorder treatment guidelines reflect updates advocates have been calling for for years, says Jess Lamb, co-founder and project co-ordinator of the East Kootenay Network of ...

Opioid use and opioid use disorder are the leading causes of drug-related deaths worldwide, and Canada has seen a 184% increase is opioid-related deaths over 7 years from 2831 deaths in 2016 to ...

Individual-Level Risk Prediction of Return to Use During Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. JAMA Psychiatry , 2023; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3596 Cite This Page : ...

Risk factors for opioid use disorder and overdose. Share this article Medically reviewed by Alisha D. Sellers, BS Pharmacy, PharmD — Written by Zawn Villines on February 27, 2023 ...

A new guide aiming to make treatment for opioid use disorder more accessible across the province is being launched by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba this week.

Amidst ambiguous international guidelines for first-line treatment of opioid use disorder, a new population-based study sheds light on the benefits of methadone vs buprenorphine/naloxone for ...

Opioid use disorder has become an alarming public health crisis, gripping communities and individuals across the globe. See also Dangers of Smoking and Dangers of Prolonged Sitting on Your Body.

In 2016 only 13.8 percent of substance use disorder treatment programs offered medication treatment for opioid use disorder for older adults who used Medicare to pay for treatment.

Sunaya Krishnapura will present “Association Between Buprenorphine Treatment for Maternal Opioid Use Disorder and Maternal-Infant Outcomes” on Sun., April 27 from 5:30-5:45 PM ET.