Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America’s sky-high rate of fatal fentanyl overdoses could be halved if users were treated with another opioid, Biden ...

A doctor, a patient advocate, and the most powerful figure in the methadone treatment industry presented competing visions for the future of American addiction medicine this week — a conversation that ...

Suen is a primary care and addiction medicine doctor, and an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Roberts is a deputy director of behavioral health policy and substance ...

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 ...

Methadone is a vital medication for opioid use disorder, yet it remains underused because of restrictive federal and state regulations. Before 2018, not all state Medicaid programs covered methadone ...

While the DEA’s new rule on mobile methadone units does not address the stringent regulatory regime that stigmatizes methadone and decreases its access, it offers states and treatment providers the ...

Although methadone addiction is very rare, if a person does develop an addiction to it, withdrawal can be difficult. Methadone is a prescription opioid medication that works in the body in a similar ...