Futurity July 11, 2024
Most Americans don’t realize that primary care physicians can prescribe medication for opioid use disorder, according to a recent national survey of more than 1,000 people.
These perceptions are significant considering the efforts that have been made to lower the barriers to treatment of opioid use disorder, says Brandon del Pozo, an assistant professor (research) at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and School of Public Health and lead author of an analysis of the survey results in JAMA Network Open.
“We’ve made great strides in making it easier for primary care doctors to prescribe these safe and effective treatments, but our study indicates a critical disconnect between the need for medications for opioid use disorder and people’s knowledge about...
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