USA. Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover: methado…

Libanon. Challenges in implementing opioid agonist therapy in Lebanon: a qualitative study from a user’s perspective Ali Ghaddar, Sanaa Khandaqji and Zeinab Abbass Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:14…

USA. As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Prescriptions for Drugs to Treat Addiction Rise WASHINGTON — The number of new monthly prescriptions for medications that treat opioid addiction nearly doubled over the past two years, according to new data…

USA. NIDA Director: Opioid Overdose ED Patients Need Access to Tx Discharging opioid or heroin overdose patients from the emergency department (ED) without connecting them to treatment options “should be considered malpractice,” accordi…

Kanada. B.C. allows nurses to prescribe opioid substitutes, lowering barriers to treatment and clean alternative to street drugs Nurse practitioners can now offer patients hydromorphone, an opioid similar to heroin that can help people addicted to…

Factors affecting the dose of methadone among patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy in Taiwan. Li DJ, Chung KS, Wu HC, Hsu CY, Yen CF. Am J Addict. 2018 Apr;27(3):225-230. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12712. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go…