Tag: MAT
Methadose: A Parable of Putting Profit Before Human Lives
Imagine being on a medication, any medication, and all a sudden it doesn’t work ...
Telehealth Must Stay After COVID-19 to Save Our Patients From Overdose
March 2020. The stakes were enormous and the urgency acute: 1,000 of our patients ...
How India Introduced Methadone Take-Homes in the Pandemic
“Dear Helen, You will be pleased to know that during the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Methadone Is Helpfully Understood as a Refuge From Criminalization
When I got on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) about 16 years ago, my decision ...
Vancouver Lost a Legendary Drug-User Activist in Dave Murray
As drug-user activists, we often lose a couple friends each month. This month has ...
Starting Bupe From Fentanyl Can Be a Nightmare. Microdosing Methods Help.
What I remember most about precipitated withdrawal last year is the color yellow. It ...
NYC Begins Home Methadone Deliveries. Will It Have Lasting Impact on the Rules?
On April 29, New York City started delivering methadone to patients isolated at home ...
Why Some Appalachian Pharmacies Refuse to Dispense Buprenorphine
Some pharmacies in Appalachia, a region hit hard by the opioid-involved overdose crisis, are ...
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 ...
NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone to Isolated Patients
For the 30,000 patients who take methadone every day for opioid use disorder in ...
