Few patients with opioid toxicity receive opioid agonist therapy (OAT), data suggest. In a retrospective study that examined about 21,000 hospital visits related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in ...

Cooper Health expands its Bupe FIRST program to Newark and Paterson, bringing lifesaving buprenorphine treatment to more ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Unity Health Toronto shows ...

A new global review has found that receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) is associated with lower risk of multiple causes of death among people with opioid dependence. The review found that people ...

In the week following any hospital visit for an overdose, only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder begin a treatment known to be highly effective in reducing illness and deaths, according to new ...

Cessation of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) significantly increases the risk of self-harm and death by suicide in the first month after stopping the treatment in new findings that highlight the need for ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States’ fight against the ...

Widely sold at convenience stores, delis and gas stations on Staten Island and throughout the United States, kratom is legal ...