Bicycle Health Grows Leadership Team to Further Expand Access to Opioid Use Disorder Care for Patients in the Criminal Justice System

With 1 in 5 adults in custody having OUD, the criminal justice system needs more MOUD care options. These patients are often ...
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Treatment of substance use disorders

A substance use disorder (SUD) is a treatable, chronic disease characterized by a cluster of cognitive, behavioral and ...
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Data shows medication-assisted treatment works for opioid use disorder—so why aren't more people getting it?

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable but potentially life-threatening condition. Yet millions of people still lack access to the most effective treatment options. According to recently released ...

Opioid Deaths Suddenly Dominate a Governor’s Race. Here’s What We Know.

Representative Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat, said a firm once owned by her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, ...
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Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment Referrals After Opioid Overdose

Patients who come to the emergency department following an opioid overdose have a 1-year mortality rate of about 5%. In this study, 17.8% of patients received a referral for outpatient treatment, 42.4 ...

‘The good old days of heroin’: Baltimore’s opioid crisis

In Baltimore, which just had one of its deadliest opioid-related summers on record, the opioid crisis remains entrenched, not ...