Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in a Rural Family Medicine Practice

• Main Authors: Mark Deyo-Svendsen (Author), Matthew Cabrera Svendsen (Author), James Walker (Author), Andrea Hodges (Author), Rachel Oldfather (Author), Meghna P. Mansukhani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although efforts are being made to limit access to prescription opioids, the use of heroin and synthetic opioids as well as death due to opioid overdose has increased. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT...