A trial of implementation facilitation to increase timely admission to methadone treatment

During the ongoing opioid epidemic, some Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) are unable to admit program applicants in a timely fashion. Interim methadone (IM) treatment (without routine counseling) is an effective approach to overcome this challenge when counseling capacity is inadequate to permit admissions within 14  days of request. It requires both federal and state approval and has been rarely utilized since its incorporation into the federal OTP regulations in 1993.

Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - April 18, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: J. Gryczynski, S.G. Mitchell, M. Whitter, D. Fuller, M.M. Mitchell, E.J. Edelman, R.P. Schwartz Source Type: research