A new study shows that reducing restrictions on buprenorphine, a medication that can treat opioid use disorder, did not lead to an increase in overdose deaths involving the treatment.
shows that reducing restrictions on buprenorphine, a medication that can treat opioid use disorder, did not lead to an increase in overdose deaths involving the treatment. The findings may help allay concerns that making buprenorphine more widely available could lead to more overdose deaths.
buprenorphine, even to new patients, removing a requirement for in-person evaluations. That change will remain in place until the public health emergency declared in April 2020 is ended by the federal government. looked at 89,111 overdose deaths reported by 32 jurisdictions from July 2019, before the changes began, until June 2021, after about 15 months of the new policy. Of those 89,111 overdose deaths, 74,474 involved opioids.
"Nonetheless, although rare, overdose deaths involving buprenorphine highlight the importance of overdose prevention and support for those using buprenorphine both under medical supervision or outside of treatment for SUD [substance use disorder] or pain," they wrote.
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