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US lifts barriers to prescribing opioid addiction treatment drug

US lifts barriers to prescribing opioid addiction treatment drug By Carla K. Johnson Buprenorphine WASHINGTON - The Biden administration revealed on Tuesday, April 27 that it is easing decades-old requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication. New guidelines mean doctors and other health workers will no longer need extra hours of training to prescribe buprenorphine, a gold standard medicine that helps with cravings. And they no longer have to refer patients to counseling services. Under the loosened guidelines, prescribers will be able to treat up to 30 patients at a time with the drug. It comes in a pill or film that dissolves under the tongue. It costs about $100 a month. A common version of buprenorphine is Suboxone.

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