Buprenorphine Overdose Deaths Did Not Increase With COVID-19 Prescriber Flexibility
- Ann Tucker
- Feb 3, 2023
- 1 min read
NIDA (1/20) –– The proportion of opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine did not increase in the months after prescribing flexibilities were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] consistent with a recent study that COVID-era expansion of methadone access was not associated with an increase in methadone-involved overdose deaths. Cont.

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