Study finds in pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder, buprenorphine treatment was associated with improved outcomes for the mother 👩👧 and infant 👶, underscoring the need to improve access to treatment nationwide. 🌍
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Buprenorphine treatment in pregnancy and maternal-infant outcomes
About The Study: In this cohort study of pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder, buprenorphine treatment was associated with improved outcomes for the mother and infant, underscoring the need to improve access to treatment nationwide.
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In a national trial of 570 adults, suicidal ideation declined within 1 week of starting Opioid use disorder meds. Both buprenorphine-naloxone and extended-release naltrexone helped, but buprenorphine showed stronger early effects. 💊🧠📉
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Taylor & Francis
Suicidal ideation in adults with opioid use disorder treated with buprenorphine-naloxone versus extended-release naltrexone
Background: Depression and suicidal ideation are prevalent in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).Objectives: This study examined changes in suicidal ideation during OUD treatment with buprenor...
Study finds COVID-19 stressors did not increase dropout from buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder 🦠📉💊
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Taylor & Francis
Associations between COVID impact domains and time to buprenorphine treatment disengagement
Background: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) experienced worse outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted general medical care.Objectives: To quantify COVID-19 impact on OUD treatmen...
A new study found that people who received medications for opioid use disorder while jailed were less likely to overdose 💊, die 💔, or return to jail 🚔 after release.
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The New England Journal of Medicine
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails — Outcomes after Release | NEJM
In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot
programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid
use disorder (MOUD). This...
programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid
use disorder (MOUD). This...
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A randomized clinical trial of 59 men with opioid use disorder found that adding yoga 🧘♂️ to standard buprenorphine treatment accelerated withdrawal stabilization by 4.4 times, reducing the median recovery time from 9 days to 5 days compared to medication alone.
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Jamanetwork
Yoga for Opioid Withdrawal and Autonomic Regulation
This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of yoga as adjunct therapy to standard treatment for opioid withdrawal among patients with opioid use disorder.
A study of over 40,000 people receiving methadone treatment for opioid use disorder found take-home dosing was associated with lower mortality and treatment discontinuation than no take-home dosing, with the greatest benefits when initiated within 5 to 24 weeks after induction.
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Jamanetwork
Timing of Initiation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing
This cohort study reports on whether the timing of take-home methadone dosing is associated with improved survival and treatment retention.