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Mashup Score: 1Association of Receipt of OUD-Related Telehealth Services and Medications for OUD With Fatal Drug Overdoses - 1 year(s) ago
This cohort study examines the association of the receipt of telehealth services and medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) with fatal drug overdoses before and during the pandemic.
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Mashup Score: 7Buprenorphine initiation in the ER found safe and effective for individuals with opioid use disorder who use fentanyl - 1 year(s) ago
Results from a multi-site clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health showed that less than 1% of people with opioid use disorder whose drug use includes fentanyl experienced withdrawal when starting buprenorphine in the emergency department. The findings, which appeared today in JAMA Network Open, are strong evidence that buprenorphine, a medication approved by the U.S. Food…
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Mashup Score: 10Incentive program improves initiation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder after emergency visit - 1 year(s) ago
A novel statewide incentive program intended to improve “warm hand-offs” from Pennsylvania emergency departments to opioid use disorder treatment programs is associated with a 50% improvement in the initiation of medication-assisted treatment in Medicaid-enrolled patients, according to new research from University of Pittsburgh, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of…
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Mashup Score: 3
The U.S. could soon face a preventable public health crisis
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Mashup Score: 1
Communicating major public health milestones, like removing the X waiver for prescribing buprenorphine, is a prerequisite to seeing changes in public health.
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Mashup Score: 0Medications for Opioid Overdose, Withdrawal, & Addiction | National Institute on Drug Abuse - 1 year(s) ago
Explore the different types of medications prescribed for opioid overdose, withdrawal, and addiction
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Mashup Score: 0Opioid use disorder and contraception - 1 year(s) ago
Women on Medicaid with opioid use disorder (OUD) who use medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are more likely to use contraception and to undergo female sterilization than peers not prescribed MOUD, according to a study in Contraception.
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Mashup Score: 0
To improve treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), it is essential to assess care delivery using quality measures—tools that help measure or quantify health care processes, outcomes, and more. Yet although many states track overdose deaths, most are not reporting data on the effectiveness of treatment or the use of medications for OUD—the most effective form of treatment. In recognition of…
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Mashup Score: 3Endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorder increased markedly from 2011 to 2022 - 1 year(s) ago
The incidence rate of infective endocarditis—a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves—among patients with cocaine use disorder or opioid use disorder increased from 2011 to 2022, with the steepest increase occurring from 2021 to 2022, a new study reports. Study findings contribute to expanding evidence of endocarditis as a significant and growing health concern for people who…
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Mashup Score: 2Medications for Opioid Overdose, Withdrawal, & Addiction | National Institute on Drug Abuse - 1 year(s) ago
Explore the different types of medications prescribed for opioid overdose, withdrawal, and addiction
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Assoc'n of Receipt of #OpioidUseDisorder Related Telehealth Services & Meds for #OUD w/#FatalDrugOverdoses Among Medicare Beneficiaries Before & During COVID-19 Pandemic Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, et al. @CDCInjury https://t.co/jTK78c1LVa @JAMANetwork #MOUD #EDTelehealth https://t.co/dInxzHQxQ2