Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Improving Access Through Regulatory and Legal Change: Proceedings of a Workshop

By Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Action Collaborative on Countering the U S Opioid Epidemic

Methadone is a Food and Drug Administration- (FDA-) approved medication for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), a chronic brain disease that affects more than 2.7 million people in the United States aged 12 and older. Despite its effectiveness in saving lives, many barriers impede access to, initiation of, and retention in methadone treatment for OUD. To address these barriers, on March 3 and 4, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop on "Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Examining Federal Regulations and Laws," at the request of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030969096X
• ISBN13: 9780309690966
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"