Suboxone /tags/suboxone Suboxone en-US Copyright Wed, 08 May 2019 17:46:00 GMT Opioid Addiction Drug Going Mostly To Whites, Even As Black Death Rate Rises /news-partners/2019-05-08/opioid-addiction-drug-going-mostly-to-whites-even-as-black-death-rate-rises A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are almost 35 times as likely to get the lifesaving addiction treatment than African Americans. Wed, 08 May 2019 17:46:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-05-08/opioid-addiction-drug-going-mostly-to-whites-even-as-black-death-rate-rises Martha Bebinger Setting Precedent, A Federal Court Rules Jail Must Give Inmate Addiction Treatment /news-partners/2019-05-04/setting-precedent-a-federal-court-rules-jail-must-give-inmate-addiction-treatment Many jails and prisons refuse to offer medication for opioid addiction, even to inmates who had been in treatment before incarceration. A recent ruling in a federal court says that's not acceptable. Sat, 04 May 2019 14:32:08 GMT /news-partners/2019-05-04/setting-precedent-a-federal-court-rules-jail-must-give-inmate-addiction-treatment Willis R. Arnold Central Ohio Doctor Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme /news/2018-11-02/central-ohio-doctor-charged-in-multi-million-dollar-fraud-scheme A federal grand jury has indicted a Central Ohio doctor on charges related to a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme that included prescription… Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:55:55 GMT /news/2018-11-02/central-ohio-doctor-charged-in-multi-million-dollar-fraud-scheme Debbie Holmes Ohio Medicaid Will Cover More Opioid Withdrawl Medicine /news/2018-10-08/ohio-medicaid-will-cover-more-opioid-withdrawl-medicine The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced that Medicaid will begin covering more medications to help with drug withdrawal symptoms, beginning in… Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:02:00 GMT /news/2018-10-08/ohio-medicaid-will-cover-more-opioid-withdrawl-medicine After An Overdose, Patients Aren't Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One /news-partners/2018-06-18/after-an-overdose-patients-arent-getting-treatments-that-could-prevent-the-next-one An overdose is a wake-up call for many people with addiction. So why aren't patients being offered medications that could keep them from looking for the next dangerous hit of drugs? Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:11:48 GMT /news-partners/2018-06-18/after-an-overdose-patients-arent-getting-treatments-that-could-prevent-the-next-one Martha Bebinger What To Make Of A Head-To-Head Test Of Addiction Treatments /side-effects-public-media/2017-11-16/what-to-make-of-a-head-to-head-test-of-addiction-treatments Researchers found two addiction medicines equally effective once treatment started. But there are fundamental differences in the way treatment begins with each drug, complicating the interpretation. Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:22:00 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2017-11-16/what-to-make-of-a-head-to-head-test-of-addiction-treatments Jake Harper New Jail Rules Bar Inmates From Getting Books, Undergarments From Friends And Family /news/2016-07-27/new-jail-rules-bar-inmates-from-getting-books-undergarments-from-friends-and-family Ohio's opiod epidemic has led to some rule changes at the Franklin County Jail.Starting last month, inmates at the jail can no longer get books,… Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:00:00 GMT /news/2016-07-27/new-jail-rules-bar-inmates-from-getting-books-undergarments-from-friends-and-family Steve Brown