Tag: naltrexone

    PA Clears Jails to Use Unspent Vivitrol Funds on Methadone and Suboxone

    Pennsylvania is expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for people in ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    County Jail Data Show Importance of All Three OUD Meds, Besides Vivitrol

    A large-scale study backed by the National Institutes of Health found that access to ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    Naltrexone as Opioid Treatment: Who Does It Work For, Besides Cops?

    Of the three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), two ...

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    Jonathan Kirkpatrick

    Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder: Weighing Up the Sinclair Method

    Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that’s available most commonly as a 50 mg oral ...

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    Kenneth Anderson

    Parolees With Opioid Addiction Need Choices, Not a Naltrexone-Only Policy 

    Across the United States, people with opioid addiction who are on parole aren’t getting ...

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    Doug Johnson

    “Four Good Days” Is a Mess of Addiction Stereotypes and Stigma

    “I’m going to level with you Molly—opioids have a 97 percent relapse rate.” This ...

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    Elizabeth Brico