A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System

A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System

Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered its use to treat opioid use disorder back in the 1980s, including Drs. Vincent Dole, Marie Nyswander and Mary Jeanne Kreek—physicians who researched methadone at Rockefeller University. Salsitz is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. It was there that he worked with the legendary, fierce methadone advocate Dr. …

Safer Opioid Supply Enhances Health Outcomes for High-Risk Overdose

In the evolving landscape of opioid addiction treatment, a groundbreaking population-based study conducted in Ontario, Canada, has shed new light on the effectiveness of prescribed safer opioid supply (SOS) programs relative to traditional methadone-based opioid agonist therapy (OAT). Spearheaded by researchers at ICES and Unity Health Toronto, this extensive observational study bridges a crucial knowledge gap by comparing health outcomes of ind…