The Real-World Impact of Dosing of Methadone and Buprenorphine on Retention on Opioid Agonist Therapies in Ukraine Farnum SO, Makarenko I, Madden L, et al.  [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 19]. Addiction. 2020;10.1111/add.1511…

USA. Opioid addiction treatment is more widely available, but only for adults Prescriptions for an FDA-approved treatment for opioid addiction have increased over the past decade in all age groups except the youngest (age 15-24), a new analysis of…

Barriers to Prescribing Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department.  Kim HS, Samuels EA. Overcoming  JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e204996. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4996 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/27…

Incidence, types and acceptability of pharmaceutical interventions about drug related problems in a general hospital: an open prospective cohort Saldanha V, Randall Martins R, Lima SIVC, et al BMJ Open 2020;10:e035848. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-03…

USA. Proposed DEA Rule-Change Could Lead to Far More Methadone Vans A major restriction imposed on mobile methadone vans may soon be lifted by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Filed in late February and open to the general public for comment un…

A mixed‐methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine in community‐based care in England and Wales. Gibson, R., MacLeod, N., Donaldson, L. J., Williams, H., Hibbert, P., Parry…