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.

After many years of advocacy, state and local leaders celebrate the improvement of access to methadone treatment.

Treatment with Suboxone, therapy, and counseling can help you manage your opioid use disorder or dependence. The active component of Suboxone, buprenorphine, is a partial opioid agonist.

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable but potentially life-threatening condition. Yet millions of people still lack access to the most effective treatment options. According to recently ...

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 ...

The Oregon Senate on Monday voted to pass a bill aimed at making non-opioid pain treatments more accessible and affordable ...

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.

As of 2022, all prisons and jails in New York were mandated to establish programs that provide evidence-based medication and supports for opioid use disorder to people in their custody. But ...

HealthDay News — For mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD), treatment with buprenorphine in pregnancy is associated with improved maternal and infant outcomes, according to a study published in ...

Bicycle Health's new virtual adolescent care program in Maine will support teens over the age of 16 struggling with opioid use disorder. They'll gain access to the company's clinical services and ...

Telehealth has helped more patients with opioid use disorder get access to treatment over the last few years than ever before. But this critical lifeline to care will go away by year’s end ...