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Two-pronged approach can help patients overcome opioid use disorder

Por: WPLG Local 10 Health December 11, 2023

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In 2021, nearly 107,000 Americans died of a drug overdose and 75 percent of those deaths involved an opioid.Yet a recent study found that only one in five adults with opioid use disorder are getting medications that could save their lives.According to The National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health, an estimated 2.5 million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder but Dr. Andrew Migliaccio, a psychiatrist and the medical director for Memorial... + full article



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