Updates

While the federal government eliminated the DATA-X Waiver requirement to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) last year, there is an additional requirement that controlled medication prescribers must receive at least 8 hours of education on treating and...

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, provisional data on ED visits for overdose and fentanyl-positive deaths report. Suspected Overdose Deaths There were 368 suspected...

Mental health issues are common – more than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness. Mental health issues are treatable and often preventable, but not everyone has access to the resources they need. People in some racial and ethnic minority groups face more...

This study discusses the evidence regarding buprenorphine dosing, noting the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) product label target dose of 16 mg/d. Early dose recommendations were based on mu receptor occupancy, and FDA buprenorphine literature states occupancy...

This study used data from the Longitudinal Prescription Database, which includes 92% of retail prescriptions in the US, to calculate rates of initiation of buprenorphine treatment and treatment retention (180 days or more of continuous treatment).  Researchers were...