In a randomized trial, both 100-mg and 300-mg monthly maintenance doses of extended-release buprenorphine improved opioid abstinence in patients with high-risk opioid use, with no new safety signals.

Anyone 13 or older with substance use disorder can call to speak to a doctor and receive a prescription the same day for ...

Elise Amendola / AP Patients battling addiction may struggle to fill their prescription for an opioid use disorder at their local pharmacy if they live in a low-income neighborhood or minority ...

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Faced with a worsening drug crisis, policymakers in recent years have made it much easier for doctors to prescribe the highly effective opioid addiction treatment buprenorphine. However, many patients ...

Oct. 28—Starting November, Seattle will become the first U.S. city where emergency medical technicians and firefighters in the field can use buprenorphine to treat people who have overdosed on ...

Pregnant women living with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their infants had significantly better health outcomes when treated with buprenorphine, according to a new study at Vanderbilt University ...

Less than half of all San Francisco pharmacies carry one of the most powerful medications used to treat opioid addiction, according to San Francisco’s Department of Public Health. The lack of ...