Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care
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Buprenorphine can be a “life-saving medication,” said Dr. Petros Levounis, an addiction psychiatrist and president of the American Psychiatric Association. Considered standard care, it is the only medication approved for teens 16 and older with opioid use disorder. It works by reducing cravings so a patient can begin the work of recovery.medication and evidence it prevents overdose deaths, buprenorphine and other treatment drugs aren’t universally accepted.
The researchers found youth rehabs were just as likely to offer art, music or horse therapy as they were to offer buprenorphine.Based on their results, the average parent would have to make nine phone calls to find a facility offering the medicine to a 16-year-old, said study co-author Dr. Caroline King, an emergency medicine resident at Yale University in New Haven.The “secret shopper” strategy may have missed some rehabs that provide the medication, King acknowledged.
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