Evidence continues to mount suggesting that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on cigarettes, ...

Patients adherent to SUBLOCADE ® for 12 months had 42% lower adjusted non-MOUD medical costs vs. those adherent to other forms of MOUD; Patients adherent to SUBLOCADE had the low ...

The device, which is cleared by the FDA for withdrawal mitigation from opioid use disorder, works by abating severe symptoms such as stomach aches, back aches, sweats, and the inability to keep food ...

Diagnoses of opioid use disorder and opioid overdoses were rare in the 12 months following index visits (n = 2362; 0.3%). The Epic model showed low sensitivity to correctly identify people at risk ...

Virginia Tech researchers are advancing a new generation of vaccines designed to block opioids from reaching the brain and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 ...

Drugs originally designed to treat diabetes and obesity are reshaping medicine in unforeseen ways. Their impact on public health is really unprecedented in modern times, perhaps only upstaged by ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

In cases of opioid use disorder, short-term medically managed withdrawal (commonly known as detox) and long-term rehabilitation treatments that don’t incorporate continued use of buprenorphine or ...

From online forums to the clinic, people have reported that diabetes and weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy can ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say there are medications that can be safely used to help women with opioid use disorder. Nick Russell/EyeEm/Getty Images Opioid use during pregnancy can cause side ...

Mayor Sarno was joined by Health & Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris to announce the recipients of the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Mini-Grant Program.