Abstract:Extreme concern about opioid overdoses and overdose deaths among young people is dovetailing with solutions — in particular, expanding treatment with buprenorphine and methadone for this population. Expansion of treatment for adolescents and young adults — ages 15 to 25 — with opioid use disorders (OUDs) is critical, researcher after researcher has written. But there has been a reticence by parents in particular, and even by some clinicians, about prescribing buprenorphine, a Schedule III opioid, to young peop… Show more
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