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In the first year after the removal of a requirement that prescribers get a special waiver to treat patients with opioid addiction using buprenorphine, the number of prescribers went up, but the number of patients receiving treatment did not.
In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds
In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds
UMich Opioid Research Institute received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research into opioid use disorder.
New research calls into question prescribing the drugs even for short-term pain relief – especially given the risk of addiction.