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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.
RECOVERY MEDICATION IMPROVES OUTCOMES
TREATMENT, NOT TRAGEDY
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Our #LetsTrumpAddiction social media campaign to encourage President Trump to reaffirm his commitment to ending the opioid crisis in his Joint Session speech to Congress is a winner! Thanks to your tireless advocacy, this campaign has won two incredible awards.
AOR signs on to group letter urging the U.S. Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options
AOR signs on to group letter to urging the US Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options.
Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement in Response to President Trump’s Opioid Initiative
Advocates for Opioid Recovery Statement in Response to President Trump’s Opioid Initiative Advocates for Opioid Recovery (AOR) firmly believes that in order to save lives and combat the opioid epidemic in America,
AOR signs on to group letter urging the U.S. Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options
AOR signs on to group letter to urging the US Senate to correct the law that will help to ensure equal access to FDA approved treatment options.
Medication and other tangible solutions offer hope in combating opioid epidemic
If nearly 175 Americans died from a preventable disaster each day, public outcry would force immediate government action. Congress and the White House would make whatever policy changes were necessary, and provide the proper funding to identify solutions.
MAT as a Frontline Response to the National Opioid Emergency
The American opioid epidemic is officially a public health emergency, with over 175 lives lost to opioid overdose every day. The time to lower the barriers to lifesaving treatments is now.
Be an advocate and help us rewrite the prescription for opioid addiction treatment
Follow the science and do your part to encourage the use of recovery medication.