Short-Acting Opioids Needed for Withdrawal in Hospitals: Experts Short-Acting Opioids Needed for Withdrawal in Hospitals: Experts
The short-acting drugs can complement methadone and buprenorphine to help patients get faster relief and help patients stay in the hospital to help with long-term management, say authors.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - November 23, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Class 3 Medicines Recall: Martindale Pharma, an Ethypharm Group Company Methadone 5mg Tablets / Physeptone 5mg Tablets
Martindale Pharma is recalling a specified batch of methadone 5mg tablets as a precautionary measure due to the discolouration of the PVdC film in a small number of blister pockets.
Further informati (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - November 22, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Opioid Treatment Programs: CY 2022 Methadone Payment Exception
Notice of interim final rule with comment period from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) freezing the payment to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) for methadone in calendar year (CY) 2022 at the CY 2021 rate. CMS is seeking comment on this exception to the payment methodology for the drug component of an episode of care and OTP utilization patterns for methadone, particularly, the frequency with which methadone oral concentrate is used compared to methadone tablets in the OTP setting. Comments are due by January 3, 2022. These regulations are effective January 1, 2022. (Source: Federal Register updates via ...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 19, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Different drugs come with different motives: examining motives for substance use among people who engage in polysubstance use undergoing methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) - Mahu IT, Barrett SP, Conrod PJ, Bartel SJ, Stewart SH.
BACKGROUND: Substance use motives (i.e., reasons for using a substance) are thought to be the most proximal variable leading to substance use. These motives have been described by various typologies, the most well known being the four-factor drinking motiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Opioid Treatment Programs: CY 2022 Methadone Payment Exception
Pre-publication of interim final rule with comment period from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) freezing the payment to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) for methadone in calendar year (CY) 2022 at the CY 2021 rate. CMS is seeking comment on this exception to the payment methodology for the drug component of an episode of care and OTP utilization patterns for methadone, particularly, the frequency with which methadone oral concentrate is used compared to methadone tablets in the OTP setting. Comments are due by January 3, 2022. These regulations are effective January 1, 2022. (Source: Federal Register upd...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 3, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
OHSU survey found treatment programs hesitant to allow take-home methadone
The federal government loosened restrictions during Covid. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
OHSU survey found treatment programs hesitant to allow take-home methadone
The federal government loosened restrictions during Covid. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 2, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
The ‘Safe Supply’ Movement Aims to Curb Drug Deaths Linked to the Opioid Crisis
On a morning Zoom call, a group of Canadian mothers give their full attention to a young man from the Drug User Liberation Front. At 26, Jeremy Kalicum is the age some of their kids would be if they had not died of accidental overdoses.
<strong>“We’re just sick of it. We’re sick of our friends dying.”</strong>Kalicum’s tone is urgent as he walks the moms through a PowerPoint presentation explaining why the Liberation Front, known as DULF, wants to protest on International Overdose Awareness Day and hand out illicit drugs. These wouldn’t be the kind that killed their sons and ...
Source: TIME: Health - October 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paul Moakley Tags: Uncategorized feature nationpod photography Source Type: news
Rethinking What it Means to Recover from Addiction
When I kicked cocaine and heroin in 1988, I was told that there was only one way to get better: abstain forever from psychoactive substances including alcohol—and practice the 12 steps made famous by Alcoholics Anonymous. The only alternative, counselors and group members said, was “jails, institutions or death.”
My addiction was so extreme that by the end, I was injecting dozens of times a day. So I grabbed the lifeline I was thrown and attended the traditional 12-step rehab program recommended by the hospital where I underwent withdrawal.
But once I began to study the scientific data on addiction, I lea...
Source: TIME: Health - September 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maia Szalavitz Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder: results from a multisite trial of buprenorphine-naloxone and methadone - Zhu Y, Mooney LJ, Yoo C, Evans EA, Kelleghan A, Saxon AJ, Curtis ME, Hser YI.
We examined long-term treatment experiences and outcomes by type of psychiatric disorder among participants w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Buprenorphine/naloxone associated with a reduced odds of fentanyl exposure among a cohort of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada - Young S, Hayashi K, Grant C, Milloy MJ, Debeck K, Wood E, Fairbairn N.
This study aimed to estimate the association between current use of different forms of OAT, including methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
History of methadone and buprenorphine opioid agonist therapy among people who died of an accidental opioid-involved overdose: Rhode Island, January 1, 2018-June 30, 2020 - Hallowell BD, Weidele HR, Daly M, Chambers LC, Scagos RP, Gargano L, McDonald J.
To guide intervention efforts, we identified the proportion of individuals previously engaged in opioid agonist therapy among people who died of an accidental opioid-involved overdose. Most individuals (60.9%) had never received any prior buprenorphine or ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
How COVID pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction
Here’s one more lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: It appears safe to relax restrictions on methadone, the oldest and most stigmatized treatment drug for opioid addiction (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Post-incarceration outcomes for individuals who continued methadone treatment while in Connecticut jails, 2014-2018 - Haas A, Viera A, Doernberg M, Barbour R, Tong G, Grau LE, Heimer R.
PURPOSE: To assess post-release outcomes associated with continuation of methadone treatment in correctional centers. METHODS: This case-control study of the post-incarceration impact of pilot methadone programs operating in jails in New Haven and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
