The cornerstone of OUD treatment remains medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including methadone, buprenorphine, and ...

OH, a potent, unapproved opioid compound found in kratom-based products, citing serious health risks and growing abuse in ...

South Carolina receives $14 million to enhance opioid addiction treatment, including buprenorphine and methadone access.

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new study found. A National Institutes of Health study published Tuesday ...

States overhauling Medicaid rolls have accidentally dropped eligible people from coverage, sometimes for months. That can be dangerous for those who need opioid addiction medications.

Opioid addiction is a public health crisis in the U.S. It is estimated that as many as 36 million Americans abuse prescription opioid pain medications and approximately 500,000 are addicted to heroin.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health and Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced a resolution making buprenorphine — one of the most commonly used medications to treat opioid-use disorder ...

Despite expanding the availability of medication-assisted treatment, state health officials only treated about 4% of the New Mexicans estimated to have opioid use disorders in public health offices, a ...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top medical advisers said Wednesday medicines proven to treat opioid addiction remain vastly underused in the U.S. Only a fraction of the estimated 2 million people ...

COLOMBINI: Research shows, when taken as prescribed, medications like methadone can reduce opioid overdose deaths by about 50%. So Stephanie says she panicked when she lost Medicaid.