#Opioids

New Medicaid Policy Will Help States Better Fight the Opioid Crisis

Born of efforts to fight the nation’s overdose crisis, the guidance led to legal restrictions on doctors’ ability to prescribe painkillers...

Breakthrough findings from NIH study could lead to more effective prevention and treatment strategies.

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.

In 2022, reported use of any illicit drug within the past year remained at or significantly below pre-pandemic levels for all grades.

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.

People who recently used drugs were more likely to get HCV again after successful treatment.

However, only 6% of this population received hepatitis C care within six months after delivery.

A steep rise in drug overdose deaths during the pandemic led to greater availability of donor organs.

Someone dies of an overdose about every 5 minutes, often as a result of fentanyl and meth. Drug use also spurs HIV and hepatitis outbreaks.

West Virginia’s lawsuit against Janssen and others arrives amid a rise in HIV, hepatitis and overdose rates linked to the opioid crisis.

The White House strategy embraces syringe services, access to housing and naloxone as three science-based approaches.