Alberta just shut its supervised drug consumption site down. Vancouver, the city that pioneered this model in Canada, is ...

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Balbir Singh today inaugurated a Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) Clinic at Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, under the flagship ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ (war against ...

Osteoarthritis affects around 600 million people globally. It causes pain, stiffness and reduced joint function – most commonly in the knees, hands and hips. There’s currently no cure for ...

While GLP-1 weight loss meds have been a mainstay in pop culture for a few years now, they're potentially about to get even more widespread. Formerly only available as an injection, Wegovy recently ...

Methadone treatment for opioid use—which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half—among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010, according to a new Penn Medicine ...

GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, are injected into the fatty layer beneath the skin to manage blood sugar and aid in weight management. The recommended injection sites include the ...

An investigation by the Connecticut Office of the Inspector General released Monday found that “significant medical errors” were made when prescribing methadone to Ronald Johnson and Tyler Cole, two ...

A report from the Office of the Inspector General found “significant medical errors” in prescribing methadone contributed to the deaths of two inmates at Garner Correction Institution just days apart.

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is prescribed to manage blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. It’s available as a single-dose prefilled pen. You will administer your Mounjaro injections into your ...

American primary-care doctors can prescribe methadone for pain—but not for addiction. Meanwhile, their counterparts in Australia, Canada, and the UK have used methadone to treat addiction for over 50 ...

Use of medications for newly-diagnosed opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 2016 to 2019 but remained low, a new cohort study showed. Additionally, methadone and buprenorphine were potentially ...

Among men who use intravenous drugs, methadone maintenance treatment was associated with lower free testosterone and lumbar spine T-scores. Among men who inject drugs, methadone maintenance therapy ...