Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.

around 290,000 people are in need of treatment for addiction, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Some of those people happen to be women who are pregnant. An unconventional program ...

To combat the negative stigma of the treatment, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Addiction ...

Early on in medical training, one of us cared for Cara, a young woman with opioid addiction who was unhoused and wanted to stop using fentanyl. We started her on methadone—one of the most ...

SOAPMAT stands for Stop Opiate Addiction Program, Medication-Assisted Treatment. Headed by Dr. Laura Rossi- who ensures the clients work with her firsthand. “I'm right here in the clinic with ...

SOAP MAT stands for "stop opioid addiction program and medically assisted treatment." The center on University Avenue and Rolando Boulevard is one of two new centers that opened this week.

The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the past nine years has ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became ...

“The attraction for her to join this program is the [mental health] therapy part included in it,” Geist said. Because the staff focused on Jay’s mental health as well as her ...

SOAP MAT, stands for "Stop Opioid Addiction Program" and "Medically Assisted Treatment." The clinics offer a comprehensive approach to addiction treatment, including medication-assisted therapy ...

estimate that more than 1 million low-income Americans depend on the federal-state Medicaid program for lifesaving addiction care. At Operation PAR — a nonprofit addiction treatment provider ...

In an effort to address the growing opioid addiction crisis in Ontario, a group of Ontario-based health workers, pharmaceutical experts, first responders, non-profits, union leaders, and big city ...