Category Archives: Opioid Use Disorder

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

What Is Vivitrol (Naltrexone) and How Does It Work?

Vivitrol is the brand name a medication called naltrexone. Vivitrol is in a category of prescription drugs called medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), which are approved by the...
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Monday, February 6th, 2023

New Hampshire Study Looks at Emergency Room Personnel Attitudes Toward Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis dominates the attention of medical and mental health providers who work in substance use disorder treatment. While addiction – which we now call the disordered use...
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Saturday, February 4th, 2023

What Is Suboxone and How Does it Help with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)?

Suboxone is the brand name a combination of two medications: buprenorphine and naloxone. Suboxone is in a category of prescription drugs called medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). These...
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Monday, January 30th, 2023

Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans With Chronic Pain

The relationship between chronic pain and opioid use is complex, and this dynamic has played a significant role in the way the opioid crisis developed in the U.S. The...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2023

Buprenorphine vs. Methadone in Treating OUD in Pregnant People

We regularly write and publish articles about the impact of the drug overdose epidemic and the opioid crisis in the United States. We cover everything from how the overdose...
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Thursday, January 19th, 2023

Research Report: The 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Every year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), conducts a nationwide survey called the National Survey on...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2023

Loneliness and Opioid Use Disorder: Can Mindfulness Help?

Can mindfulness help with loneliness and opioid use disorder? The short answer is yes – but not in the way you might guess. We’ll elaborate on that answer below....
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023

Telehealth More Important Than You Realize: Lessons From COVID Apply to the Opioid Crisis

When COVID arrived in the U.S. in March 2020, most of us were completely unprepared. At the beginning of March that year, we all watched as cities on the...
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Monday, December 26th, 2022

A Secret Shopper Study Reveals Obstacles to Getting Suboxone in Appalachia

It’s no secret that the opioid crisis is a serious public health problem in the United States. The last thing we want to see are obstacles to getting treatment,...
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

Peer Support Services in West Virginia Help Address the Opioid Epidemic in Appalachia

The opioid epidemic has no economic, social, ethnic, racial, or geographic boundaries. The citizens of West Virginia know this better than anyone else. As the only state that’s completely...
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