Addiction Treatment Forum

Hurley award The American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Inc. (AATOD) will present Linda E. Hurley, President and CEO of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, with its Nyswander-Dol...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/coveted-dole-nyswander-awards-to-go-to-linda-hurley-and-allegra-schorr/

Last month AT Forum lost its longtime writer Barbara Goodheart, an accomplished medical writer, suddenly. Below is a remembrance written by her husband Clyde. I recently told colleagues that I mi...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/obituary-barbara-goodheart-colleague-and-friend-1934-2024/

Nalmefene was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for reversing opioid overdoses. Now the head-to-head study proving that nalmefene, made by Suboxone manufacturer Indivior, is faster tha...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/nalmefene-study-faster-than-naloxone-at-rescue-from-opioid-overdose/

A COMMUNITY focused on treatment and recovery; unusual for an opioid treatment program, LESC in New York City is a lot more. There is residential treatment. The below is from the intake director ...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/from-lesc/

“The Opioid Blame Game” I regularly hear the following scenario: “I went to my pharmacy to fill my buprenorphine prescription for my opioid use disorder and the pharmacy told me they had no...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/from-rob-kent-jd-former-general-counsel-for-oasas-and-ondcp/

National Council for Mental Wellbeing to Recognize Hurley During NatCon24, April 15-17 Everyone knows Linda Hurley, a pioneer in addiction treatment; her new integrated program about to launch in...

https://atforum.com/2024/04/linda-e-hurley-to-receive-national-councils-lifetime-achievement-award/

By Robert Kent If you have lost someone to drug or alcohol use, my heart aches for you!  If you have not been impacted, I hope you never experience such a loss!   I have been impacted by suc...

https://atforum.com/2024/03/pain-of-losing-a-loved-one-love-of-country-merged-in-work-of-lawyer/

Treatment guidelines for methadone in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) call for a low starting dose, usually not more than 40 mg*, and gradual upward titration. But ever-rising opioid deat...

https://atforum.com/2024/02/rapid-methadone-induction-a-viable-alternative-to-standard-therapy/

For a thorough article on the new methadone regulations from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including comments from Allegra Schorr, Linda Hurley, and Mark Parrino,...

https://atforum.com/2024/02/new-methadone-rules-allow-telehealth-induction-eliminate-one-year-history-requirement-make-treatment-friendlier-to-patients-and-otps/

Feb. 1, 2024: Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the va...

https://atforum.com/2024/02/hikma-announces-agreement-in-principle-to-resolve-opioid-claims/