Treatment Centers

Emergency department (ED) visits for suspected opioid overdoses increased 35 percent across 16 states from July 2016 to September 2017, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease [...]

The total economic cost of the opioid epidemic could be as high as $504 billion in 2015 alone, or about 2.8 percent of the national gross domestic product, according to a study just released by [...]

A new study shows that almost two-thirds of individuals who died from an opioid overdose had a diagnosed chronic pain condition and about one-third had dual diagnoses of chronic pain and a mental [...]

Why do some people require high dosages of opioids to manage their pain, while others only need low dosages, or even cope without? The answer depends on the person’s metabolism and the cause of [...]

According to a national survey, 22.7 million Americans struggled with substance use disorders in 2013, but only 2.5 million received treatment. The gap between those who need treatment and those [...]

The use of plant materials to relieve suffering, treat illness or conduct religious ceremonies has a long history. Occasionally, the Industry News will look more closely at the history of a [...]

Widely heralded as the “antidote” to opioid overdoses, naloxone was first patented in New York in 1961 by scientists looking to treat constipation caused by chronic opioid use. Despite being [...]

New research funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has determined techniques to increase adoption of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), [...]

More than 43 percent of patients receiving buprenorphine for opioid addiction also receive prescriptions for other opioid painkillers during treatment, and 67 percent are prescribed opioids in [...]

In response to the opioid epidemic, communities around the country are launching new awareness campaigns that depict the devastating impact of teenage overdoses from prescription painkillers. The [...]