USA. Advanced practice registered nurses to have a greater role in national response to opioid epidemic As we enter a new year and a new decade, many states have enacted legislation affecting the roles of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)…

USA. A look inside the Olympia clinic serving hundreds of people battling opioid addiction  If you hit rock bottom, what would it take to pull you back up? What if the force that pulled you down was a chemical dependency you’d been facing for…

USA. Walk-in Clinics for Opioid Addiction Offer Meds First, Fast In St. Louis, Seattle and San Francisco, people with opioid addictions can start medication on their first day of treatment. Early research suggests the approach can change lives. But…

USA. How Philly plans to combat the nation’s worst big-city opioid crisis in 2020 Philadelphia is home to the worst urban opioid crisis in America. More than 3,000 people have died of drug overdoses here in the last three years, and the city health…

Self-Rated Physical Health and Unmet Healthcare Needs among Swedish Patients in Opioid Substitution Treatment. Troberg K, Håkansson A, Dahlman D. J Addict. 2019 Apr 15;2019:7942145. doi: 10.1155/2019/7942145.  https://www.hindawi.com/journal…

No excuses left to delay opioid agonist treatment roll-out. Malyuta R, Krausz RM. Lancet HIV. 2019 Dec 23. pii: S2352-3018(19)30409-6. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30409-6. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(19)30409-6/…