#opioid use disorder

Hepatitis C prevalence was higher among people with unstable housing and those who injected drugs every day.

NIH and CDC study finds telehealth associated with increased likelihood of receiving evidence-based standard of care.

More research is needed on the diverse biological, behavioral and social factors underlying sex-based differences in drug use.

Addiction is a chronic illness requiring constant vigilance, and relapses are part of the journey to recovery.

Black and Latino patients were less likely than white patients to receive and fill prescriptions for treatment for opioid use disorder.

Clinical characteristics linked to HCV, including substance use, has also increased over the past 20 years.

Study findings support the continuation of telehealth services for opioid use disorder and related care.

Changes will affect nursing home and hospital staffing, delivery of addiction treatment and COVID data reporting.

Grants will improve access to medication for opioid use disorder and overdoses, provide pharmacist training and more.

The Grand Plan Study showed that a multidisciplinary program can produce a high cure rate with little loss to follow-up.

These data are consistent with a recent study reporting expansion was not associated with an increase in methadone-involved overdose deaths.

Scientists will test community-based approaches to prevent drug overdoses and curb high death rates.

Amid this crisis, state and local government officials have enacted laws and ordinances that make clean syringes harder to get.

Authorities encourage more health care providers to prescribe buprenorphine for people trying to overcome opioid addiction.

Two thirds of people who currently use drugs completed treatment, and most of those were cured.

Opioid substitution therapy may improve adherence to HIV medications.