Suboxone
By Victoria Kim
Michael Douglas' son, incarcerated for drug crimes, slams the system for its treatment of addicts. MORE
This is how the solution becomes the problem: I first took suboxone to withdraw from heroin. Now I'm hooked on it. MORE
Titan Pharmaceuticals' new implantable opioid treatment wins a first nod of approval. MORE
By Tony O'Neill
Good news for opioid addicts: Reckitt-Benckiser has finally lost its lucrative monopoly on Suboxone. MORE
Opiate maintenance treatment is a tale of two cultures. People who can afford Suboxone get to keep their addiction private. People who are restricted to methadone clinics pay the price of stigma. MORE
Before he was the sage of Celebrity Rehab, Bob Forrest was a notoriously drugged-out singer on the LA punk-rock scene. Now he's clean and devoted to helping save others. Meet addiction's unlikely idol. MORE
When Hazelden realized traditional treatment for young opiate-painkiller addicts was failing, it introduced maintenance therapy. Only a week later, the backlash has begun. MORE
The influential rehab's policy change will roil the abstinence-based recovery movement. MORE
Medical intervention can dramatically increase recovery success rates. But without an attitude adjustment in the rooms and most rehabs, new and better drugs will remain elusive. MORE
The pharma giant says its decision is due to concerns over child safety—not a desire to promote its more profitable Suboxone films. MORE
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