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Treating Polysubstance Use: When People Use More Than One Drug
Polysubstance use is the use of more than one substance, either at the same time or over the same period, such as combining an opioid with a...
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Opioid Addiction Treatment
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Disparities in Substance Use and Overdose, and How Mobile Programs Can Help
Disparities in substance use and overdose describe the uneven distribution of overdose deaths and treatment access across racial, ethnic, and...
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Expanding Substance Use Treatment in Rural Areas
Expanding substance use treatment in rural areas means closing a wide access gap by bringing medications and services to communities that have few or...
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Treating Substance Use Disorder During Pregnancy
Treating substance use disorder during pregnancy means keeping a pregnant patient in evidence-based care, most often medications for opioid use...
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Xylazine Wounds: Providing Wound Care and Preventing Sepsis
Xylazine wounds are deep, slow-healing skin and soft-tissue ulcers linked to xylazine, a veterinary sedative now common in the illicit fentanyl...
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How to Fund a Mobile Substance Use Treatment Program
Funding a mobile substance use treatment program usually means combining several sources rather than relying on one: federal grants, Medicaid and...
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Buprenorphine and Naltrexone: Delivering MAT Beyond Methadone by Mobile
Medication for opioid use disorder, sometimes called medication-assisted treatment or MAT, is the use of FDA-approved medications to treat opioid use...
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Preventing Opioid Overdose Deaths: Naloxone and What Comes Next
Preventing opioid overdose deaths takes two moves that work together: reverse the overdose in the moment, and connect the person to sustained...
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Treating HIV and Hepatitis C Among People Who Use Drugs
Treating HIV and hepatitis C among people who use drugs works best when testing, treatment, and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) sit in the...