USA. Reducing Federal Bureaucratic Barriers to Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder and Empowering State Innovation Purpose Methadone treatment (MT) is a lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), decreasing the risk of all-cause mortality a…

The use of cellphone based automated pupillometry to quantify opioid withdrawal in patients receiving treatment for opioid use disorder.  Evonko CJ, Vigilante KC, Leli NB, Pond RS Jr, Chaney MW, Ludington JD, Van Leuven EG, Washington WD, MacQ…

Patient preferences for incentives in Contingency Management interventions in methadone treatment: A best-worst scale analysis.  Dao TTD, Nguyen HT, Nguyen TT, Phung TT, Hoang VH, Le HT, Pence BW, Le GM, Go VF, Miller WC.  PLoS One. 2026…

Schweiz. Schmerzmittel-Engpass: «Dass ich darum so leide, ist für die Schweiz ein Armutszeugnis» Weil das Opiat Buprenorphin seit Ende 2025 kaum mehr lieferbar ist, kämpfen Schmerzpatienten mit heftigen Nebenwirkungen. Hans (66) liegt nun sogar im…

Perspectives on Clinical Champions Implementing Hospital-Based Opioid Treatment in US Hospitals.  Peng L, Goff A, Patten A, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(3):e260446. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0446 https://jamanetw…

USA. “Would You Want to Live Next to a Clinic?”—Methadone NIMBYism The speeches at the press conference in Harlem were a distillation of stigmatizing ideas about methadone, clinics and patients that have existed since clinics opened in the 1970s…