Office-Based Treatment for Opioid Addiction Achieving Goals

摘要

Orlando, Fla-Many individuals with opioid addictions who might otherwise go untreated are seeking office-based buprenorphine treatment and many are having positive outcomes, according to emerging data on the 3-year-oldtreatment program. But challenges remain for patients seeking care and the physicians who treat them.Office-based buprenorphine treatment represents a new paradigm for treating opioid addiction. While methadonetreatment through clinics has proven effective for many with opioid addictions, the stigma associated with the clinics, constraints on their locations, and the logistics of getting to them for daily treatment have been obstacles for some individuals, explained ArleneStanton, PhD, social science analyst at the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in Washington, DC. Officials hoped that making buprenorphine available through qualified primary care physicians and addiction specialists would attract a new group ofpatients to treatment.So far, it seems to be working.