Overdose Deaths Involving Buprenorphine Did Not Proportionally Increase With New Flexibilities in Prescribing

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• February 28th, 2024
• buprenorphine, opioid correlation studies, opioid deaths, overdose reporting system, prescription flexibilities
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The proportion of opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, did not increase in the months after prescribing flexibilities were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. These data provide evidence that may help to...