Outpatient care for opioid use disorder among the commercially insured: Use of medication and psychosocial treatment

Outpatient care for opioid use disorder among the commercially insured: Use of medication and psychosocial treatment

Evidence-based outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) consists of medications that treat OUD (MOUD) and psychosocial treatments (e.g., psy…

Opioids should be the last resort after wisdom tooth extraction

A few hours after having my wisdom teeth extracted and handed to me in a plastic bag, I lay on the couch in immense pain. The ice on my face reduced the pain only minimally, and I knew I needed something stronger.  My dad came up with the painkillers the dentist had prescribed before surgery, and I was surprised to find that one of them was Vicodin, an opioid. Since I knew of the opioid crisis gripping our nation, I wondered why Vicodin had been…