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Youth Opioid Treatment Access Is Improving, but Retention Lags
Key Takeaways
- A new study finds that access to addiction medications for young people with opioid use disorder has improved over time.
- Only a small fraction of young people with the disorder receive medication treatment at all.
- Among those who do start medication, few remain on it for long, indicating a retention problem rather than purely an access problem.
- The study highlights barriers to care as a key explanation for why young patients discontinue treatment.
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DT Editorial Team··via statnews.com