For years, buprenorphine—one of the primary medications used to treat opioid use disorder—has been a critical bridge to recovery, helping to reduce illicit drug use and overdose deaths. But with the ...

When combined with counseling and behavioral therapies, opioid use disorder medications are part of a comprehensive plan that supports long-term recovery. Opioid use disorder (OUD) occurs when ...

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

Physical dependence is where your body requires opioids to prevent withdrawal. OUD involves an addiction governed by the brain’s reward center, along with problematic patterns of opioid use. It’s ...

Deaths from injection-related infections like endocarditis have increased among young people, likely due to the growth of injection drug use and stronger, shorter-acting fentanyl. While medications ...

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During the opioid crisis in the United States, acute pain management has remained a persistent challenge for both patients ...

A new meta-analysis of 148 studies estimates that 9.3 percent of patients who receive opioid prescriptions for chronic pain experience "dependence" or "opioid use disorder" (D&OUD). The authors, Kyla ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found structural and functional alterations in specific brain regions of individuals with opioid use disorder. The study's results were published today in ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most ...