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National Academies: Equitable access to medicines key to curbing opioid abuse disorder

March 20, 2019 3:02 PM UTC

A consensus report on the value of medication based treatment for opioid use addiction from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found that available drugs are underutilized, and concluded that improving broad patient access will require an "all hands on deck" approach from caregivers, patients, healthcare providers and the criminal justice system.

The study and subsequent report were commissioned by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to evaluate the evidence base for medication-based treatment and the barriers to access...

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