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Breaking Barriers to Substance Use Recovery: A New Initiative to Address Opioid Use Disorder
Digital Journal· 3 days agoWashington DC hosted the inaugural meeting of "Breaking Barriers to Substance Use Recovery" coalition WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESSWIRE / July 9, 2024 / On June 26th, Washington ...
Study shows acupuncture can reduce methadone dose, opioid craving
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoFor individuals with opioid use disorder receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), eight...
Seven-day buprenorphine is safe for those with minimal opioid withdrawal, study shows
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoA seven-day, extended-release version of buprenorphine—a treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD)...
Poilievre says Conservatives would pull funding from supervised drug-consumption sites
The Globe and Mail· 54 minutes agoPoilievre accused Liberal politicians of deliberately encouraging drug addiction. “They created an...
Q&A: Researcher discusses how machine learning helps identify patients at risk levels for opioid use...
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoIn this article, Dr. Rozenblum discusses this research.
Brain region involved in oxycodone relapse identified
Medical Xpress· 2 days ago"Having a better understanding of the region(s) in the brain responsible for this kind of relapse is incredibly important as we develop treatments for alcohol use
Could a Sleep Pill Be the Answer to Opioid Addiction?
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoA UCLA Health study shows that insomnia drug prevents opioid addiction in mice at opioid doses that...
Bold Experiment or Safety Risk? Canada Is Divided on How to Stop Drug Deaths.
New York Times· 2 days agoBritish Columbia’s partial retreat from an experiment to decriminalize drug possession reveals a...
Expanding access to low-cost opioids would lead to new challenges for B.C. prescribed safer supply...
The Globe and Mail· 1 day agoAn economic analysis of British Columbia’s prescribed safer supply program cautions that widely...
B.C. should explore non-prescribed alternatives to fentanyl to combat crisis: Henry
Richmond News· 1 day agoDr. Bonnie Henry says in her latest report on the overdose crisis that efforts centred on drug...