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

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

Canadian pharmacies say they are taking steps to mitigate a shortage of prescription painkillers and make sure patients don't ...

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.

For decades throughout the opioid crisis, most doctors have relied on medication-heavy regimens to treat babies who are born experiencing neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. Those protocols often ...

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 ...

Buprenorphine is one of just three federally approved medications to treat opioid addiction. It’s an opioid itself, so some people misuse it — they snort or inject the medication.

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.