Boston Study Details Hospital Experiences for Injection-Related Infections
A qualitative study in Boston identifies key themes in hospital experiences for patients with serious injection-related infections, highlighting the importance ...
Tag: Opioid Use Disorder
Cell-Type-Specific Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation in Substance Use Disorder
A new Frontiers collection of seven studies shows that addiction's molecular changes are cell-type-specific, spanning epigenetics, RNA modification, and human ...
Trial Tests E-Cigarettes Against Nicotine Replacement for Smokers in Opioid Treatment
An ongoing randomized trial is testing whether e-cigarettes plus telehealth counseling outperform nicotine replacement therapy for smokers in opioid use ...
Seven Years of Evidence Show Jail Opioid Treatment Saves Lives and Cuts Recidivism
A seven-year Massachusetts study found that providing all FDA-approved opioid use disorder medications in county jails improved post-release treatment engagement ...
Higher-Dose Opioids for New Low Back Pain Linked to Sharply Raised Risk of Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose
A study of 399,500 Medicaid adults found that initial opioid treatment for acute low back pain above 50 MME per ...
Emergency Departments Bear the Brunt of Care for Men with Opioid Use Disorder and Criminal-Legal Involvement
A cross-sectional study of 159 men with opioid use disorder and criminal-legal involvement in an urban safety-net system found that ...
Patients and Clinicians Reveal How to Rebuild Pain Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder
Qualitative interviews with 31 patients and 15 clinicians in Pennsylvania and West Virginia identified stigma, low pain self-efficacy, and social ...
Experts Map Eight Ways to Make Opioid Treatment Work for Young People
A qualitative study in British Columbia gathered 17 youth, caregivers, providers, and decision-makers to produce eight recommendations for youth-centred opioid ...
CoCare Trial Protocol Tests Collaborative Care for Polysubstance Use in Primary Care
A published protocol describes a cluster-randomized controlled trial that will test whether a nurse care manager, primary care provider, remote ...
Nursing homes still deny buprenorphine after federal prescribing rules changed
A 2026 perspective documents how stigma, regulatory confusion and operational pressures can continue to restrict buprenorphine access at skilled-nursing facilities ...
Single-center quality improvement initiative reports 90-day opioid outcomes for 39 Veterans after surgery
A retrospective, single-center quality improvement initiative documented 90-day opioid outcomes for 39 surgical Veterans, with the report stating that 32 ...
Baltimore interviews link neighborhood stressors with methadone treatment engagement
An exploratory study involving 18 adults found that financial instability, neighborhood drug exposure, and other environmental stressors can interfere with ...
Blood inflammation index associated with poorer sleep in substance use disorders
A cross-sectional study found that the systemic inflammatory response index was associated with sleep disturbance in people with substance use ...
Family-Powered Treatment Helps Teens Stay on Opioid Medication in Pilot Trial
A 16-week pilot trial adapted the Youth Opioid Recovery Support intervention for adolescents with opioid use disorder, reporting high medication ...
Pandemic-era opioid treatment flexibilities widened racial gaps in Veterans Health Administration care
A Veterans Health Administration study of 110,136 patients with opioid use disorder found that racial and ethnic gaps in receipt ...
Most Community Behavioral Health Clinics Still Skip Long-Acting Injectable Opioid Treatment, Study Finds
A new cross-sectional study finds that fewer than one in four certified community behavioral health clinics offering opioid use disorder ...
Recovery Capital Emerges as the Key to Helping Young People Overcome Addiction
A new collection of seven studies in Frontiers in Adolescent Medicine shows that family, peers, recovery identity, and youth-specific programs ...
Legal Uncertainty, Not Lack of Knowledge, Keeps Doctors From Treating Teens With Opioid Use Disorder
A survey of 600 US pediatric prescribers finds that legal uncertainty, practice setting, and beliefs about medication, rather than clinician ...
Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorders Raise Readmission Risk After Serious Bacterial Infections
A national cohort study finds that opioid use disorder, stimulant use disorder, or both significantly increase the odds of unplanned ...
Pharmacists Joining Primary Care Teams Prove Feasible for Treating Opioid Use Disorder
A multi-site clinical trial found that integrating pharmacists into primary care teams for opioid use disorder treatment was feasible, acceptable, ...
