Public interest in medication-assisted treatment for opioid used disorder in the United States

Opioid-related drug overdose deaths (OD) in the United States (U.S.) continue to increase yearly [1]. Emergency departments (EDs) are the frontline for the overdose epidemic, as well as provide acute treatment for those with opioid withdrawal [2,3]. Evidence-based treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) exists for managing overdose and withdrawal, as well as for ongoing care with medication-assisted therapy (MAT) [4,5]. Given that emergency physicians are frontline providers in the epidemic, EDs have developing MAT programs for identification, management, and transitions of care [6,7].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research