The study, co-authored by a doctor at OHSU, found that only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medication for opioid addiction.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care.
Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine.
Of 160 facilities with care for teens, just 39 provided buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone.
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