The use of transmucosal buprenorphine, a drug prescribed to treat opioid use disorder and pain, may cause dental problems, according to a warning issued January 12 from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Medications have become our go-to treatments for opioid addiction. Though life-saving, their downsides are underappreciated ...

In the fatal world of opioid use disorder (OUD), pharmacotherapy, or using a prescribed medication to treat drug dependence, has emerged as the gold standard of treatment. Among the trio of ...

Ever since fentanyl came to dominate the U.S. illicit drug supply, doctors and patients have found buprenorphine, a key addiction-treatment medication, increasingly difficult to use. All too often, ...

Among youth who initiated buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder, four patterns of buprenorphine use were identified, with the most common being discontinuation within 3 months. Low adherence ...