September 28, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A transdermal application system containing the partial μ-opioid receptor agonist buprenorphine showed analgesic efficacy in the treatment of low back pain in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Patients who received higher doses of buprenorphine, a common medication used to alleviate opioid withdrawal and cravings, were less likely to ...

Attempting to reduce fatal opioid overdoses and encourage more people to seek treatment, fire department paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering the medication buprenorphine in the field ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open on May 7, 2026, engaged 42 national experts in hospital-based addiction treatment in a consensus-building process to develop best practices for ...

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, compared with children whose ...

Pregnant women randomized to extended-release buprenorphine had higher rates of illicit opioid abstinence than those randomized to sublingual buprenorphine. Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome ...

Telehealth advocates have been sounding the alarm about a looming deadline to extend telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances. The flexibilities, enacted during the COVID-19 ...

Kratom and 7-OH may be marketed as herbal supplements, but they function like opioids — shaping how clinicians treat ...