An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More? - eviltoast
  • fallowseed@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    “divided into three groups. One received a referral to addiction-treatment services outside the hospital. Another group received a similar referral, along with a brief counseling session at the hospital. And a third group received both the referral and the counseling while also starting on buprenorphine, taken daily as a tablet. After a month, this last cohort was about twice as likely as the other two groups to remain in treatment.”

    … the category that implemented the most support was the most effective, who could’ve guessed… i like how its a white collar guy asking his doctor for something and being granted it… i bet it doesn’t go that way every time-- just a hunch- this buprenorphine is probably not covered by your insurance

    just the perfect time to reach the end of the sample and hit a paywall, thanks nytimes.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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      24 days ago

      It’s a gift article. You shouldn’t be hitting the paywall unless:

      • you disabled Javascript
      • your device needs a reboot and Javascript is broken
      • you are running a browser extension which removes the gift token from the URL