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From 2017 to 2021, people seeking treatment for opioid use disorder increasingly tested positive for fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine at presentation, according to findings published in Addiction.However, over 1 year of methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), heroin and fentanyl positivity decreased, data showed.
Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care. Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine. Of 160 facilities with care for teens, just 39 provided buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone.
A new study finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for U.S. teens offers a recommended treatment medicine for opioid addiction. Researchers posed as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a …