Join the Opiate Withdrawal group to help and get support from people like you.
Opiate Withdrawal News (Page 3)
Related terms: Opioid Withdrawal
Buprenorphine + Naloxone Safe for Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – Pregnancies exposed to buprenorphine combined with naloxone have similar or more favorable neonatal and maternal outcomes as those exposed to buprenorphine alone, according...
Availability Increased With Approval of Naloxone as OTC Medication
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – Recently, there was an increase in availability of naloxone after it was approved to be sold as an over-the-counter (OTC) medication, according to a study published online...
Lack of Institutional Support May Drive Physician Reluctance to Address Addiction
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 – Lack of institutional support is the most common reason for physicians to have reluctance to address substance use and addiction in their clinical practices, according to...
Trained Peers as Good as Social Workers at Preventing Opioid Overdoses
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Support provided by someone who has personally lived with addiction is an effective way to follow-up with ER patients after an opioid overdose, new research shows. Patients...
Acupuncture Can Reduce Methadone Dose, Opioid Craving
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – For individuals with opioid use disorder receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), eight weeks of acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture for reducing methadone...
New Drug Could Boost Lifesaving Powers of Overdose Drug Naloxone
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – An experimental drug can supercharge the effects of the lifesaving overdose drug naloxone, potentially improving its effectiveness against new and more powerful opioids like...
FDA Approves Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) as the First Non-Opioid Treatment for Management of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms
May 16, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) for the mitigation of withdrawal symptoms to facilitate abrupt discontinuation of opioids in...