For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

Treatment episodes were defined by initiation (no visit to the same program in the prior 30 days) and discontinuation (no services for ≥15 days), and retention was calculated as the share of episodes ...

Employing a nurse care manager to work with patients who have an opioid addiction and prescribing partial or full opioid agonists can help more people enter treatment in primary care settings, ...

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Treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in opioid treatment programs (OTPs) was associated with a lower risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and COVID-related emergency department visits than office-based ...

PROVIDENCE – In recent years Rhode Island has grappled with opioid overdoses across the state. In 2024 there were 272 deaths from overdoses, the majority of them involving opioids, according to data ...

This article was written for our sponsor, the North Carolina Chiropractic Association. The overuse of opioids has caused a nationwide crisis of epidemic proportions. From 1999 to 2014, more than ...

Boston Medical Center will launch the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine after receiving a $25 million donation to fund the center, according a report from the Boston Globe. Billionaire investor ...

A recent story in The Santa Fe New Mexican (“Ten accused of smuggling Suboxone into S.F. County jail,” Dec. 4) about people charged with attempting to bring Suboxone into the Santa Fe County jail. The ...

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