The opioid epidemic killed more than 33,000 people in 2015. What follows are stories of a national affliction that has swept the country, from cities on the West Coast to bedroom communities in the Northeast. (Source: NYT Health) MedWorm Message: Have you tried our new medical search engine? More powerful than before. Log on with […]

WASHINGTON ― Repealing the Affordable Care Act would deal a major blow to efforts to fight addiction in one of the states hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School and New York University. Across the country, some four million Americans with addictions or mental health disorders could lose their […]

Accessible Recovery Services, a Pittsburgh-based network of a dozen medically assisted opioid treatment clinics across the state, said it plans to add six more sites and dozens of “extenders” — nurse practitioners and physician assistants able to prescribe drugs like buprenorphine — in the next three to four months to meet demand. Dr. Frank Kunkel, […]

BioDelivery Sciences International (NSDQ:BDSI) said today that the FDA approved a supplemental new drug application for its Bunavail buprenorphine and naloxone buccal film. The revised indication allows patients to use the product to initiate buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence. Induction is the initial process by which a patient transitions from abusing an opioid to buprenorphine […]