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

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

Dr. Sarah Spencer sits in the back of the Ninilchik Community Clinic's mobile clinic, assembling an opioid harm-reduction kit. Medications like buprenorphine are important tools in the spectrum of ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

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

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...