Abstract The United States continues to face a public health crisis of opioid-related harm, the
effects of which could be dramatically reduced through increased access to opioid agonist …

Abstract Canada and the United States (US) face an opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid
overdose epidemic. The most effective OUD treatment is opioid agonist therapy (OAT) …

Background State Medicaid policies play an important role in Medicaid enrollees' access to
and use of opioid agonists, such as methadone and buprenorphine, in the treatment of …

Politicians in both parties and at all levels of government have raised what many call the
opioid crisis to a level of public attention it has never seen before. This article reviews the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The recent heroin and prescription opioid misuse epidemic has
led to a sharp increase in the number of opioid overdose deaths in the USA …

It is the responsibility of medical professionals to do all that is possible to safely alleviate
pain. Opioids are frequently prescribed for pain but are associated with the potential for …

It is difficult to overstate the severity of the opioid crisis in the United States. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 64000 people died of drug …

Despite decades of experience treating heroin or prescription opioid dependence with
methadone or buprenorphine—two forms of opioid substitution therapy—gaps remain …

There is consensus in the scientific literature that the opioid agonist medications methadone
and buprenorphine are the most effective treatments for opioid use disorder. Despite …

Abstract The United States is in the midst of a devastating opioid misuse epidemic leading to
over 33,000 deaths per year from both prescription and illegal opioids. Roughly half of these …