buprenorphine

Flavor Flav Sends Message About Being Mindful of Friends on Their ‘Sobriety Journey’ This Holiday Season

HAPPY! NOT HIGH! – Nov. 27, 2024 - “Mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference,” said the rapper,…

3 weeks ago

Tapering Off Methadone in Just Two Years and 13 Rehabs

NOW SUBOXONE – Oct. 15, 2024 - Since early 2023, I’ve been surfing my way across what feels like every…

2 months ago

Why Are Some Still Opposed to Life-Saving Addiction Treatment?

STOP THE MADNESS – Sept. 30, 2024 - The opioid crisis continues to devastate communities worldwide, claiming far too many…

3 months ago

Up The Dose of Anti-Opioid Drug to Curb Addiction!

WHEN IN DOUBT - TAKE MORE! –                          …

3 months ago

Philly Residents Get Meds from ‘Bupe Bus’

THE MOUNTAIN COMES TO YOU –                            …

3 months ago

Walk-in Suboxone, Sublocade, and Vivitrol Treatment Clinic Opens

VIDEO – STEP RIGHT UP – March 11, 2024 - “People are dying,” said Dr. Elena Yanchar, chief of psychiatry…

9 months ago

Overcoming Poverty He Passed the Bar; Then His Suboxone Screwed Him

NON-GUILTY AS CHARGED –   March 2, 2024 - Buprenorphine had changed Scott’s life — it gave him a sense…

10 months ago

First Responders Immediately Give Suboxone After Overdoses

THIS COULD HELP! –   Jan. 18, 2024 - The inability to access medication-assisted treatment is one of the main…

11 months ago

Matthew Perry’s Death Underscores Significance of Buprenorphine

OPINION PIECE –   Dec. 31, 2023 - I think is just as important to point out is what was NOT…

12 months ago

Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Suboxone

WTF? –   July 21, 2023 - The research, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, underscores two major challenges: allowing…

1 year ago

How Buprenorphine Works to Overcome Opioid Addiction

SOUNDS LIKE A MIRACLE DRUG –   July 7, 2023 - The drug works by binding to the same opioid…

1 year ago

Teens Addicted to Opioids May Not Get Lifesaving Addiction Medication at Treatment Centers

TEENAGE WASTEDLAND –   June 15, 2023 - Only 1 in 4 residential addiction treatment programs for teenagers provide buprenorphine…

2 years ago

The Age of Drug Normalization

IT’S ALL GOOD? – June 11, 2023 - In addition to crystal methamphetamine, Blanchard said she also used heroin and…

2 years ago

DEA May Limit Access to Buprenorphine

REALLY? –  May 2, 2023 - Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a…

2 years ago

Addiction Treatment Got Easier During Covid?

MEDS FOR ALL –  Dec. 13, 2022 - The changes, which appear to have broad support across medical organizations and…

2 years ago

As Overdoses Soar in America, Clinicians are Prescribing More Addiction Medicine

VIDEO – BIG PHARMA BIG HAPPY –  Nov. 30, 2022 - The central Iowa clinic, owned by the nonprofit agency…

2 years ago

Medication Treatment for Addiction is Shorter for Black & Hispanic Addicts

EVEN IN BLUE STATES –    Nov. 9, 2022 - Researchers have long known that racial and ethnic minorities are…

2 years ago

Easy Online Access Fed Mum’s Benzo Habit

VIDEO – FROM CRAMPS TO AMPS –  July 28, 2022 - “It got really bad,” said Sara, now 47, from…

2 years ago

Can Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction?

IS IT COVERED BY INSURANCE? –  May 6, 2022 - Yet despite its promise, the use of injectable buprenorphine remains…

3 years ago

Federal Government Allows Program to Pay Substance Abusers to Staying Clean

LISTEN – MONEY FOR NOTHING –   Mar 10, 2022 - A new legal opinion from the Biden administration appears…

3 years ago

We Must Revise Laws That Are Obstacles To Treatment

LET THEM LIVE –   Dec. 17, 2021 - Members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate have…

3 years ago

DEA Tries to Stop Pharmacies Dispensing Suboxone

DAMNED IF YOU DO... –   Nov. 8, 2021 - The ramifications can be particularly acute in rural areas, where…

3 years ago

ASAM Launches Free Buprenorphine …… Class

MEDICATION MEDICINE DRUG –   Sept. 13, 2021 - The introductory-level course, which expands on SAMHSA’s recently released Buprenorphine Quick…

3 years ago

The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor’s Office

IT’S COMPLICATED –    June 30, 2021 - On November 21, 2017, Ashley was at Joshi’s office for a telehealth…

3 years ago

Addiction Treatment With Dark Side

DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK –  Nov. 16, 2013 - “I didn’t know you could overdose on Suboxone,” Mr. Verrill…

4 years ago

US lifts barriers to prescribing Suboxone

GIVE PILLS A CHANCE –  April 27, 2020 - Because of how opioids act on the brain, people dependent on…

4 years ago

Safer injection facilities are much-needed weapon in the opioid epidemic

DEATH REDUCTION –  April 3, 2021 - Doctors or nurses based at SIFs provide treatment or give referrals to treatment…

4 years ago

Eight Tennessee doctors charged in Kentucky drug case

LISTEN – WHAT’S UP DOC? PROFITS? –  March 8, 2021 - At one time, 73 percent of the prescriptions from…

4 years ago

As Overdoses Compete with Covid-19 Deaths, Feds Make It Easier to Prescribe Addiction Drugs

While we all gently weep –  Jan. 16, 2021 - On Thursday, HHS officials did just that: physicians are no…

4 years ago

Report Calls for More Access to Take-Home Meds for Opioid Addictions

Pandemic relief –   Jan. 5, 2021 - “To get methadone, you have to show up in person every day…

4 years ago