The Number Needed to Prescribe — What Would It Take to Expand Access to Buprenorphine?
Elisabeth Poorman
Abstract
Policies have been proposed to remove obstacles to prescribing buprenorphine to people with opioid use disorder. But a larger barrier to treatment expansion is cultural: physicians and institutions fail to treat substance use disorders as the chronic diseases they are.
Topics & Concepts
BuprenorphineMedicineOpioid use disorderSubstance useOpioidOpioid epidemicSubstance abusePsychiatryIntensive care medicineInternal medicineReceptorOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects