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Treatment with recovery medication is the most effective path to long-term recovery
More people completed a six-month treatment program when they used recovery medication
With recovery medication, buprenorphine
With placebo
What is Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)?
Medication assisted treatment is the combination of behavioral interventions and medications to treat substance use disorders. It’s use has demonstrated efficacy in reducing illicit drug use, reducing deaths resulting from overdose, and improving retention in treatment programs. The FDA has approved several different medications to treat opioid addiction.
A common misconception associated with MAT is that it substitutes one drug for another. Instead, these medications relieve the withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings that cause chemical imbalances in the body. MAT programs provide a safe and controlled level of medication to overcome the use of an abused opioid. And research has shown that when provided at the proper dose, medications used in MAT have no adverse effects on a person’s intelligence, mental capability, physical functioning, or employability.
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TREATMENT, NOT TRAGEDY
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Advocates for Opioid Recovery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a science-based, evidence-based treatment system that can reduce death and suffering from opioid addiction, and produce more long-term opioid addiction survivors who are positively engaged in their families and communities.
Newt Gingrich, Van Jones: Drug Courts Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
It is no secret that when it comes to politics, there is very little on which the two of us agree. But we both believe this: The opioid epidemic is now the greatest public health and public safety crisis facing this nation.
At Opioid Conference, Former Congressman Kennedy Says Stigma Persists
AOR Advisor Patrick J. Kennedy: "We know what the science tells us, but we very rarely apply it in the treatment of these illnesses," Kennedy said. He added: "Until we start treating these [illnesses] in the way we need to, we are going to still lose people."
Surgeon General’s Principles for Effective Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
The entire Chapter 4 of today’s Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health includes principles for effective treatment of addiction. With the Surgeon General’s endorsement, there should no longer be any debate about what evidence-based medicine for addiction treatment entails.
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