Are people with opioid use disorder interested in an innovative treatment option?
Are people with opioid use disorder interested in an innovative treatment option?
Opioid-involved overdose deaths are continuing to rise. A substantial proportion of individuals with opioid use disorder do not receive treatment and, for those that do, retention in treatment is low for those on medications for opioid use disorder with many still using illicit opioids. Innovative approaches are needed to address the opioid crisis. Injectable opioid agonist treatment (e.g., supervised injections of pharmaceutical substances similar to heroin) may be one such approach. In this study, researchers explored the perceptions of injectable opioid agonist treatment among people who regularly use opioids. (Recovery Research Institue, USA, Februar 2021)
https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/people-opioid-use-disorder-innovative-treatment-option/