Ozempic has been called a "wonder drug," with a growing body of research showing that it may help treat a huge range of ...

In the ongoing fight against opioid addiction, Gov. Gavin Newson has signed a bill aimed at expanding access to methadone ...

Semaglutide was linked to a significantly lower risk of overdose than other antidiabetic drugs in patients with type 2 ...

Patients with opioid use disorder who receive higher doses of a drug to treat their addiction are more likely to ...

The federal funds will support substance use prevention and treatment efforts, workforce capacity building and access to ...

Many counties do not have medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services available through providers and treatment ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new ...

Just 44 percent of jails offer incarcerated people with opioid use disorder medications like methadone, buprenorphine or ...

The results suggest Ozempic could potentially become a new alternative treatment for opioid use disorder, which could help ...

A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for ...

Rhode Island will receive $11.4 million in federal funding over the next three years to help prevent and treat opioid ...

A new study suggests semaglutide drugs like Ozempic, used for type 2 diabetes, may lower the risk of opioid overdose in ...