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COVID: The Urgency of Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Time of COVID-19: Care Without Fear
When the COVID-19 pandemic first swept the country, the medical community was faced with the need to quickly respond to a specific urgent public health crisis, but it resulted in reduced attention to other health challenges, including opioid use disorder (OUD) and the risk of overdose.
Fentanyl Mixed with Stimulants
This media backgrounder presents key facts and evidence-based strategies to mitigate overdose deaths associated with fentanyl-contaminated stimulants.
How Addiction Changes the Brain
Opioids and other drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via the brain's neurotransmitters, leading to abnormal messages being sent through the network.
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Media Backgrounder
Studies show that people with opioid use disorder who stop taking opioids, even under the guidance of a health care provider, are very likely to return to using the drug (relapse). There are three FDA approved medications that can lower the risk of relapse and overdose.
How stigma sabotages treatment and access to effective treatment.