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Under 2% of Medicaid‐covered youths get MAT after OD: Study
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32598
Subject(s) - buprenorphine , naltrexone , methadone , medicine , medicaid , opioid overdose , psychological intervention , addiction , opioid , psychiatry , pharmacotherapy , emergency medicine , (+) naloxone , health care , receptor , economics , economic growth
Fewer than one‐third of youths receive addiction treatment after an opioid overdose, and only one in 54 receive pharmacotherapy (methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone), a study published in JAMA Pediatrics reports. The researchers urge interventions to link these youths to treatment after an overdose, and call for improving access to medications: methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.