Buprenorphine Initiation Rates Stall Despite Policy Efforts to Boost Uptake

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Buprenorphine Initiation Rates Stall Despite Policy Efforts to Boost Uptake https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/104181 Furthermore, just one in five patients remained on therapy for at least 180 days Monthly initiation rates for buprenorphine increased and then flattened from 2016 to 2022, suggesting that recent efforts to increase use of the treatment for opioid use disorder have been insufficient, […]

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Suicide and Opioids: No Easy Answers, No Sweeping Conclusions

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Is this another study with  selective data to come to a predetermined outcome?     Suicide and Opioids: No Easy Answers, No Sweeping Conclusions Almost everyone has a personal connection to the national overdose crisis that claimed over 107,000 lives last year. Many have also been touched by the rising toll of suicides in the […]

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