Enlarge this image A liquid dose of methadone at the clinic in Rossville, Ga. The medication is only available at designated opioid…
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Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds
by Brian Mann August 7, 2023Enlarge this image A person with addiction holds a bottle of buprenorphine, a medicine that prevents withdrawal sickness in people trying to…
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Hospitals have specialists on call for lots of diseases — but not addiction. Why not?
by Martha Bebinger September 30, 2022Enlarge this image David Cave, a recovery coach who is part of an addiction specialty team at Salem Hospital, north of Boston,…
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Prison For Forced Addiction Treatment? A Parent’s ‘Last Resort’ Has Consequences
by Deborah Becker April 20, 2019Enlarge this image The Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center in Plymouth houses men for court-mandated addiction treatment. Robin Lubbock/WBUR hide caption…
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HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 28, 2018 (HealthDay News) — In the past two decades, opioid overdose death rates among U.S. kids and…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Infants born addicted to opioids may be more likely to have smaller heads…
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HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) — It’s not standard practice in the United States, but supervised access to medical-grade…
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Many ‘Recovery Houses’ Won’t Let Residents Use Medicine To Quit Opioids
by Nina Feldman September 12, 2018Enlarge this image Barb Williamson runs several sobriety houses in Pennsylvania, commercially run homes where residents support each other in their recovery…