substance use disorder
Telepharmacy Brings Home SUD Therapy
Home-based delivery of care for substance use disorder is safe, effective and feasible for pharmacists to put into ...
MAY 23, 2025
HHS Secretary Renews Opioid Crisis Public Health Emergency Declaration
The HHS announced that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acted on his authority under the Public Health Service ...
MARCH 21, 2025
Collaborative Care Models Help Reduce Chronic Pain, Substance Use
Collaborative care models could alleviate chronic pain and the reliance on substances for people with concurrent ...
MARCH 6, 2025
Pharmacist Inclusion in OUD Treatment Teams Benefits Patients
Incorporating pharmacists into OUD treatment improves patient outcomes and boosts efficiency in the healthcare ...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
How to Recognize and Handle Physicians With Substance Use Disorder
PHOENIX—Substance use disorders occur in 10% to 15% of all physicians, on par with the general population.
APRIL 11, 2024
Rural Jails Struggle to Provide Effective Addiction Treatment
Data from a multistate study indicate that people who use drugs and live in rural areas are often incarcerated. ...
DECEMBER 5, 2023
ON PAIN: Public Perception, Stigma Delay Perioperative Buprenorphine Use
What stops providers from prescribing buprenorphine? It’s a mix of things, according to experts, especially ...
DECEMBER 9, 2022
ON PAIN: Using Buprenorphine for Perioperative Pain Control Can Benefit OUD Patients
Another reason to continue buprenorphine use perioperatively is the efficacy of the drug for pain control, ...
DECEMBER 5, 2022
ON PAIN: Why You Should Continue Patients on Buprenorphine Perioperatively
What happens when a patient who is prescribed buprenorphine undergoes surgery?
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
A nationwide movement of parents-turned-activists are fighting the increasingly deadly drug crisis—and they ...
JUNE 30, 2022
ON PAIN: Methadone’s History Steeped in Stigma From Onset of Therapy
The oldest of the medications for opioid use disorder, methadone has been stigmatized since its introduction.
APRIL 22, 2022
ON PAIN: Medications for OUD ‘Lifesaving’
Medications for opioid use disorder not only reduce harm for patients who need them, but are ...
APRIL 15, 2022
