Differences in buprenorphine prescribing readiness among primary care professionals with and without X-waiver training in the US

Abstract Background Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are effective at preventing overdose and infectious disease but are vastly under-prescribed in the US. For decades, prescribers faced additional training and regulation to prescribe buprenorphine which stigmatized the medication and lesse...

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Main Authors: Berkeley Franz, Lindsay Y. Dhanani, O. Trent Hall, Daniel L. Brook, Janet E. Simon, William C. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00918-3