Tag: Drug Abuse: Treatment / Solutions

OUD treatment continued to increase in intervention versus usual care clinics in trial of office-based addiction treatment

Pediatricians accounted for increasing proportion of prescriptions dispensed, with 991 percent increase over six years

Facilities that accept state-financed health insurance plans other than Medicaid have increased odds of offering MOUD

1.4 percent had dual reported recovery and problem-resolving status, 2.5 percent had problem resolution only, 2.9 percent had recovery only

Authors say one explanation for the trend is untreated withdrawal with more severe opioid use disorder

Vending machine dispenses naloxone, sharps containers, safer injection/smoking kits, pregnancy tests, HIV tests

At pandemic outset, significant decreases in buprenorphine prescription fills seen for Black, Hispanic patients, but not White patients

Despite increases in units per prescription, the amount of buprenorphine dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries decreased early in the pandemic

8-mg dose of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray now approved with 2-mg and 4-mg doses

Obstetrician-gynecologists able to prescribe buprenorphine more likely located in the suburbs