Methadone, an FDA-approved medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), works as a safer alternative to deadly street opioids like heroin and fentanyl. With its long half-life, methadone smoothens ...
It should be easier to get methadone today than it has been in decades. In April, 2024, the federal government relaxed some of the rules around the treatment for opioid addiction. But many patients ...
about their success in beating their heroin habit. They passionately explained how Dennis’ decision to take methadone helped bring them closer together with their two young children. And they urged ...
New national commission brings together leading experts to improve access to high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based ...
Outside the hospital, use of methadone to treat pain carries a 46 percent increased risk of death when compared to the equally effective but more costly alternative, morphine SR (sustained release).
While the numbers are finally starting to decline, more than 74,000 Americans are still dying every year from opioid overdoses. Despite that, very few people who are struggling with addiction get ...
CHICAGO — Consensus guidelines designed to reduce methadone-related overdoses in patients being treated for pain are a good starting place for physicians wishing to safely use methadone in palliative ...
TORRINGTON — Many who are addicted to narcotics and opioids can’t envision a life without drugs. But those who provide treatment for addictions say those people can find recovery, as long as those who ...
Two years after the HHS cleared patients to take methadone, an opioid overdose treatment that’s also an opioid, the number of opioid-related deaths didn’t change, according to research from the ...