Tag: opioid treatment
FDA Expands Medication Assisted Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will expand medication assisted treatment (MAT) to help provide addiction recovery treatment to as many...
Breakthrough in exploration of safer opioids for pain management
A new study discovered that two newly-researched compounds curbed pain responses in monkeys causing little to no respiratory issues and a lowered probability for...
eHealth company awaits FDA approval for digital addiction therapy
The first prescription digital therapy designed to treat substance use disorder (SUD) is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Boston-...
The international prevalence of smoking in addiction treatment
Internationally, cigarette smoking is higher among patients in addiction treatment when compared to the general populace, according to a study published in the Society for...
Opioids claimed more lives than guns did in 2015
Opioid-related fatalities outnumbered gun-related deaths by nearly a margin of 3 to 1, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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