Black patients are less likely to receive outpatient OUD treatment referrals post-ED visit for opioid overdose compared to White patients. Hospital admissions increase the likelihood of receiving ...
Nearly all Americans are aware of the U.S. opioid crisis. Overdose deaths increased sixfold between 2003 and 2023, from 12,940 to 79,358. Yearly increases have been especially steep since 2013, when ...
Treatment numbers rose over the 2010s as the opioid crisis became prominent and also included increases in buprenorphine, an easier to access medication ...
Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource examining how opioid tolerance develops and why it plays a significant role in substance use disorder ...