FAR TOO FEW PEOPLE WITH opioid addiction have had access to the most effective treatments in recent years, a new study suggests.
Getting people into high-quality, evidence-based addiction treatment is seen as key to curbing the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic. The new study, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, indicates that treatment using buprenorphine or methadone – medications that can help people manage opioid withdrawal – is by far the most effective way to prevent overdoses and hospitalizations, but that people were much less likely to have access to these medications than to other treatments.
Source: U.S. News & World Report
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-05/methadone-buprenorphine-not-used-enough-in-opioid-recovery
