Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist, meaning it binds to the same opioid receptors in the brain as opiates like heroin or oxycodone. For people struggling with addiction, it reduces cravings as ...

Employing a nurse care manager to work with patients who have an opioid addiction and prescribing partial or full opioid agonists can help more people enter treatment in primary care settings, ...

Due to their small molecular size, opioids can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to cause both the euphoria that makes such drugs so addictive and the adverse effects including the respiratory ...

September is National Recovery Month, a time to shine a light on the power of healing and hope for those struggling with addiction. Opioid addiction is a serious problem that affects people of all ...

Brixadi (buprenorphine) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). Brixadi comes as a liquid solution in a prefilled syringe. You’ll receive Brixadi as an injection under ...

Sublocade (buprenorphine) is a brand-name subcutaneous injection prescribed for opioid use disorder. It works to help reduce the need for opioids by acting in certain areas of the brain called mu and ...

In the 12-month period ending in April, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses -- the most recorded in a year-long span. Most of those overdoses involved opioids. Public health ...