California ’ s New Plan to Treat the Mentally Ill May End Up Violating Their Rights
Facing enormous pressure to tame what appears to be a spiraling and increasingly intertwined statewide crisis in mental health, substance use, and homelessness, California officials have created the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court, or CARE Court. The new system is a policy smorgasbord that ranges from the provision of court-ordered treatment and housing to food assistance, social activities, and exercise programming for Californians with severe mental illness.
CARE Court, which launched in October to skeptical but hopeful Californians, is aimed at tackling the Golden State’s perpetual public ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jerel Ezell Tags: Uncategorized California Source Type: news
Proposed Methadone Treatment Legislation May Put Patients at Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Overdoses in the U.S. due to opioids are hitting devastating new levels as high-potency synthetic opioids like fentanyl and metonitazene rack the nation. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is a life-saving... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Outcome prediction of methadone poisoning in the United States: implications of machine learning in the National Poison Data System (NPDS) - Mehrpour O, Saeedi F, Vohra V, Hoyte C.
Methadone is an opioid receptor agonist with a high potential for abuse. The current study aimed to compare different machine learning models to predict the outcomes following methadone poisoning. This six-year retrospective longitudinal study utilizes Nat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Prescription high-risk polysubstance use among opioid maintenance treatment patients - Eide D, McDonald R, Hamina A, Clausen T, Odsbu I, Skurtveit S.
BACKGROUND: Among individuals receiving buprenorphine or methadone as opioid maintenance treatment (OMT), concomitant use of other central nervous system depressants, including prescription drugs, can increase risk of overdose. We aimed to 1) determine the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Support for Opioid Use Disorder
In recognition of the estimated 2.1 million people in the United States who struggle with an opioid use disorder, National Opioid Awareness Day, observed on September 21, is marked to create awareness about the effects of opioid overdose and reduce the stigma associated with it. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those in or seeking recovery from mental and substance use disorders.
What are opioids? Opioids include prescription medications used to treat pain such as morphine, codeine, methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, hydromorphone, and buprenorphine, as well as illegal drugs such as heroin an...
Source: The Cornflower - September 15, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Darlene Kaskie Tags: Blog opioid epidemic opioid resources Source Type: news
Antiquated U.S. Laws Governing Methadone Access Must Change
(MedPage Today) -- America's drug overdose crisis has escalated in the past few years due to several factors, including disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, driving an unprecedented rise in overdose fatalities. Fentanyl, stimulants and... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Moms With OUD: Improved Infant Care Seen With Use of Prenatal Addiction Meds
(MedPage Today) -- For mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD), the use of medication for their addiction such as buprenorphine or methadone during the prenatal period was associated with improved outcomes in infants, a cross-sectional study showed... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 28, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Decriminalizing Opioids Will Save Countless Lives
Even the most fervent drug warrior would have to concede that cannabis legalization has been a success. In thirty-eight states patients can now freely access high-quality cannabis for medical conditions that are often notoriously resistant to other treatments. In the twenty-three states in which cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational purposes, citizens enjoy the right to partake in a substance that is far safer than other recreational drugs—including and especially alcohol—without fear of prosecution. Driving fatalities have not increased and rates of psychosis (which cannabis can contribute to) ha...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Some Newborns Need Methadone Post-Surgery, But Use Brings Problems
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 -- About 1 in 5 newborns hospitalized for surgery to treat a life-threatening bowel infection are given opioids for pain relief and some then need methadone to wean off the addictive drugs.
But there is wide variability in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Just 1 in 5 Americans Struggling With Opioid Misuse Gets Meds That Can Help
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 -- The U.S. opioid abuse epidemic wages on, and overdose deaths continue to rise, yet just 1 in 5 people receives potentially lifesaving medication such as methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to treat their addiction, a new... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A mobile addiction service for community-based overdose prevention - Pepin MD, Joseph JK, Chapman BP, McAuliffe C, O'Donnell LK, Marano RL, Carreiro SP, Garcia EJ, Silk H, Babu KM.
Mainstays of opioid overdose prevention include medications for opioid use disorder (e.g., methadone or buprenorphine) and naloxone distribution. Inadequate access to buprenorphine limits its uptake, especially in communities of color, and people with opio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Typology of laws restricting access to methadone treatment in the United States: a latent class analysis - Conway A, Krawczyk N, McGaffey F, Doyle S, Baaklini V, Marshall AD, Treloar C, Davis CS, Colledge-Frisby S, Grebely J, Cerd á M.
BACKGROUND: In the United States, methadone treatment for opioid use disorder is only available at opioid treatment programs (OTPs). In addition to federal regulations, states can enact laws which shape access to OTPs. We aimed to define classes of states ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Only 1 in 5 U.S. adults with opioid use disorder received medications to treat it in 2021
NIH and CDC study finds telehealth associated with increased likelihood of receiving evidence-based standard of care (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - August 7, 2023 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Adults, Advocates, Buprenorphine, Health Disparities, Methadone, Naltrexone, Opioids, Recovery, Treatment, Health and Medical Professionals, Media, Treatment, News Release Source Type: news
Methadone in ERAS Protocols-Superior Analgesic or Harmful Drug? Methadone in ERAS Protocols-Superior Analgesic or Harmful Drug?
Should methadone be incorporated in ERAS protocols to provide superior analgesia? In this paper, the authors debate whether the risks outweigh the benefits.Anesthesia & Analgesia (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved overdose deaths with detected xylazine - United States, January 2019-June 2022 - Kariisa M, O'Donnell J, Kumar S, Mattson CL, Goldberger BA.
In 2022, provisional data indicated that more than two thirds (68%) of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in the United States involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, principally illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) (1). Xylazine, a nono... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
