Seattle will soon be the first U.S. city where EMTs can treat overdose patients with buprenorphine, a drug that blocks ...

Buprenorphine (as HCl) 2mg, 8mg; sublingual tabs. Dissolve under tongue; do not swallow tabs. Avoid food or drinks until tab dissolves. Rinse teeth/gums with water after tab dissolves, and swallow.

During the special session, senate bill 2028 was passed, which means two medical research trials will be conducted to help ...

A bill passed during this fall’s special legislative session will allow a researcher with the West Virginia University ...

A new pilot program being launched in several counties will allow EMS responders to administer a drug called Buprenorphine that can ease withdrawal symptoms. Mike Jackson, long-time Assistant ...

Oct. 28—Starting November, Seattle will become the first U.S. city where emergency medical technicians and firefighters in ...

On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was ...

Opens in a new tab or window Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) had a lower risk of discontinuing methadone compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, and with a similar mortality risk ...

This paper included more than 30,000 patients with OUD and showed those on methadone were almost 60% significantly less ...

Seattle will be the first city in the nation with first responders allowed to administer Buprenorphine — a medication that treats opioid use disorder — while in the field responding to a crisis.

Receipt of methadone for opioid use disorder is associated with a lower risk for treatment discontinuation compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA.