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In the first year after the removal of a requirement that prescribers get a special waiver to treat patients with opioid addiction using buprenorphine, the number of prescribers went up, but the number of patients receiving treatment did not.

In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds

In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds

UMich Opioid Research Institute received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research into opioid use disorder.

New research calls into question prescribing the drugs even for short-term pain relief – especially given the risk of addiction.

MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who use medical marijuana to treat their chronic pain tend to cut their use of opioids and other painkillers, but the trend

Study reveals almost one-third of chronic pain patients use cannabis to help manage their symptoms.

As more U.S. states legalize cannabis (also known as marijuana) for medical and recreational use, increasing numbers of people are experimenting with it for pain relief. According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, almost a third of patients with chronic pain reported using cannabis to manage it.

Researchers were surprised to see how many adult patients were turning to medical marijuana to deal with chronic pain and not just that.

The United States has an opioid epidemic, but there's one bright spot in the fight against it: Prescriptions ...