What to Know About Buprenorphine, a Proven Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt ...
An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...
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Emergency clinicians increase prescriptions of buprenorphine, effectively help patients get started on the path to recovery
In the face of the alarming number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., there have been national efforts to increase emergency clinician prescribing of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat ...
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More New Yorkers are getting scripts for meds to treat opioid addiction. What to know
More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high drug deaths during pandemic.
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DEA and HHS delay implementation of buprenorphine final rule
Today the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services announced that the effective date for ...
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NY paramedics could get a tool to help opioid abusers break the habit
Kathy Hochul said she would support legislation allowing paramedics to administer buprenorphine, a drug that reverses opioid withdrawal symptoms without providing the same type of "high" to the ...