To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, an ad hoc committee under ...

Drugs like methadone can reduce illicit opioid use in people with opioid use disorders. But many in this community feel stigma when seeking medication-assisted treatment. When Daniel Patrick Garrett ...

Medications for opioid-use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower death rates and improved quality of life for people in recovery. But which of the most commonly used medications for OUD are most ...

Refat Rasul Srejon, MPH, says reducing opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits among young adults requires strategies like medication-assisted treatment and targeted outreach. He discusses why ...

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as naltrexone, is a well-documented successful treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, there are multiple barriers for clinicians to use MAT, ...

With more than 800 people dying from an opioid-related overdose in the United States each week, there's no denying we have an opioid crisis. And we’re losing. At essentially every public talk I give, ...

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 released ...

Medication-assisted treatment is an excellent approach to managing addiction and related emotional symptoms, Rachel Rohaidy, MD, of Miami Neuroscience Institute with Baptist Health, explains. As ...

If anything, it’s the substance abusers themselves, and their loved ones, who often remain resistant to MAT, and still feel the stigma of it. Which simply means we still have a ways to go on this ...

Philadelphia officials unveiled a new advertising campaign Tuesday that urges people battling opioid addiction to seek medication assisted treatment. There are some 12,000 medication-assisted ...