Yale Medicine School: Disasters Could Disrupt Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Most Vulnerable Communities
April 20, 2022
April 20, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Medical services often don't go where they are most needed
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked the overdose death rate from opioid use. For people who rely on medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release naltrexone) to treat opioid use disorders, the pandemic and such natural disasters as tornados, hurricanes, and wildfir . . .
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Medical services often don't go where they are most needed
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked the overdose death rate from opioid use. For people who rely on medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and extended-release naltrexone) to treat opioid use disorders, the pandemic and such natural disasters as tornados, hurricanes, and wildfir . . .