Opioids more accessible than addiction treatment

OHSU study finds opioids are easy to get, but medication-assisted addiction therapy is not

By Erik Robinson February 12, 2019 Portland, Oregon

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Despite the medical profession’s growing acceptance of the need for medications for addiction treatment for people suffering from opioid use disorder, a study conducted by clinician-scientists at OHSU found that insurance rules increasingly limited the use of buprenorphine among Medicare beneficiaries between 2007 and 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Opioid disorder treatment

Medication

Jeff Costello, a pharmacist at OHSU, bottles up a prescription at the OHSU Physicians Pavilion Pharmacy, 2019. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Opioid disorder treatment

Todd Korthuis, M.D., M.P.H. (OHSU)

Daniel Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H.

Daniel Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H. (OHSU)