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Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

News Date: Friday, June 22, 2018 - 11:15

From NIH:
 
Methadone and buprenorphine reduce risk of death after opioid overdose 
NIH research confirms effective treatments for opioid use disorder are underutilized.
 
A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that treatment of opioid use disorder with either methadone or buprenorphine following a nonfatal opioid overdose is associated with significant reductions in opioid related mortality. The research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, was co-funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, both parts of NIH.
 

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