UT Health Science Center-San Antonio: Small Fraction of Eligible Texas Clinicians Prescribing Lifesaving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release:
Despite scientific evidence that the medication buprenorphine/naloxone (or Suboxone) effectively treats opioid use disorder (OUD), only one-sixth of Texas clinicians surveyed in 2019 and early 2020 said they were prescribing the lifesaving medication, according to a study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health Sa . . .
Despite scientific evidence that the medication buprenorphine/naloxone (or Suboxone) effectively treats opioid use disorder (OUD), only one-sixth of Texas clinicians surveyed in 2019 and early 2020 said they were prescribing the lifesaving medication, according to a study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health Sa . . .