PHILADELPHIA— Methadone treatment for opioid use – which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half -- among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010, according to a ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. A top Democratic senator is launching an investigation into privately owned methadone clinics’ business practices and treatment of patients.

Methadone is an opioid used in medical detox. Methadone maintenance (MMT) reduces the use of heroin and other opioids. Still, it is one of the most closely regulated medical treatments in the United ...

Methadone is a vital medication for opioid use disorder, yet it remains underused because of restrictive federal and state regulations. Before 2018, not all state Medicaid programs covered methadone ...

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, Yale researchers examined the burdens for people who use public transit to access methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) at Opioid Treatment ...

American primary-care doctors can prescribe methadone for pain—but not for addiction. Meanwhile, their counterparts in Australia, Canada, and the UK have used methadone to treat addiction for over 50 ...

A person with opioid use disorder navigates ineffective treatment before receiving methadone, which works but is hampered by restrictions. Fortunately, I am infinitely stubborn, or else I might have ...

Primary care-based methadone treatment improved access to health services for people with OUD in a Ukraine trial. Compared with patients treated in an OUD specialty clinic, those treated in primary ...

A new study led by Brandeis University researchers found that pharmacy-based methadone dispensing models could operate profitably while widening access to a key service that reduces overdose deaths ...

A patient-centered methadone restart protocol considers interim opioid tolerance, allowing higher restart doses without compromising safety or treatment retention. The study showed reduced emergency ...

Methadone, an FDA-approved medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), works as a safer alternative to deadly street opioids like heroin and fentanyl. With its long half-life, methadone smoothens ...