Providers still hesitate to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction, despite ‘X-waiver’ removal
“The number of people getting the modified waiver was going up, but the number of people getting buprenorphine prescriptions really wasn’t changing.”
Significant challenges remain before most American clinicians feel comfortable treating patients with buprenorphine, according to a new study.
While the federal government’s recent moves to deregulate buprenorphine have led to a bump in new prescribers, it didn’t lead to a significant bump in overall prescribing volume. Many health care providers still see prescribing buprenorphine as difficult, or simply have little interest in using the medication, according to the study.
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