Researchers Identify A Key Medication In The Treatment Of Opioid Addiction
Researchers’ latest study reveals that residential rehab facilities for adolescent opioid addiction do not provide a necessary medication that is “life-saving” and “most effective” in treating the illness. There are several therapies utilised in rehab clinics to help people overcome their opioid addiction, such as art therapy or horse therapy, but just one in four of them offer or are even aware of buprenorphine. “Buprenorphine, typically a small pill or film that dissolves under the tongue, is a life-saving drug for the treatment of opioid addiction , and it just so happens to be the only one that’s FDA approved for people 16 and older,” said Dr. Todd Korthuis, one of the study’s authors and a professor of medicine and the head of addiction medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. “It’s clearly the gold standard for treatment,” he added. The study was released in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday. According to the survey, live-in recovery pro...