Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more ...

In a clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a research team found that administering weekly injectable extended-release ...

Suboxone is now the standard of care in the U.S. for treating opioid addiction, but its downsides are often overlooked. RFK ...

Use of medications for newly-diagnosed opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 2016 to 2019 but remained low, a new cohort study showed. Additionally, methadone and buprenorphine were potentially ...

More than 15 years ago, Yale’s Gail D’Onofrio started studying the effectiveness of sublingual (under-the-tongue) buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the emergency department.

The risk of congenital malformations appears to be lower with buprenorphine than with methadone when taken during the first trimester of pregnancy for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to an ...

Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...

More than 15 years ago, Yale's Gail D'Onofrio started studying the effectiveness of sublingual (under-the-tongue) buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the emergency department.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging manufacturers to revise labeling of transmucosal buprenorphine products to ease access to higher doses needed due to the rise of high-potency ...