For young people with opioid use disorder (OUD), buprenorphine costs have declined overall but with drastic variation by payer type, researchers found. Examining buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed ...

Medicare plans are replacing brand-name buprenorphine-naloxone film with its generic equivalents, resulting in a decrease in out-of-pocket cost faced by enrollees with opioid use disorder. Objectives: ...

CHICAGO – The first U.S. study to compare two treatments for opioid addiction finds a monthly shot works as well as a daily drug to prevent relapse. The shot requires days of detox first, and that ...

Medicare Part D or Part C plans with drug coverage may cover Suboxone, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). If you receive the drug as an inpatient or in a clinic with the help of a ...