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A COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund disbursed grants to nonprofits serving opioid addiction sufferers and the Boston Resiliency Fund awarded $500K to similar groups. [ 44 ] In 2016, the number of deaths within Massachusetts was the highest it had ever been and twice the national average with 29.7 deaths per 100,000. [ 45 ]
Spectrum Health Systems announced in February that its mobile treatment service program is the first in the state to provide all three medications for opioid use disorder — methadone, suboxone ...
The center is the result of a joint effort between Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties leveraging funds from the state’s opioid settlement trust, a pool of more than $200 million paid largely ...
In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has marked the start of health care policies that, should they be adopted permanently, could not only lessen the effects of the pandemic on overdoses, but also make overall treatment of opioid use disorder more effective by eliminating obstacles to previously proven therapies for these disorders. [204]
According to the CDC, naloxone is available in all 50 states. [29] State laws vary in terms of immunity for legal liability in the prescription, distribution, and administration. [30] 20 states have codified the prescription of naloxone accompanying the prescription of an opioid, known as co-prescription. [30]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim American lives, experts warn the opioid epidemic is surging. The early days of COVID left many opioid addiction patients facing closed treatment ...
Epidemiological research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the opioid crisis. [ 194 ] [ 218 ] [ 219 ] The overarching trend of opioid overdose data has shown a plateau in deaths around 2017–18, with a sudden and acute rise in 2019 primarily attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. [ 216 ]
There are fewer than 2,000 opioid treatment programs across the entire country, and as of 2018, 80% of U.S. counties lacked a single clinic. Patients lucky enough to live near one are required ...