TWR Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 After a rocky start, the Trump administration has gotten on board with addiction medications, which also include methadone and naltrexone. The nation’s top health official, the Health and Human Services secretary, Alex Azar, said recently that trying to recover without them is “like trying to treat an infection without antibiotics.” Last year, Congress temporarily began allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe buprenorphine if they go through extra training, and more than 7,000 have gotten licensed; a bill that passed the House on Friday would let them prescribe it permanently. Still, half the counties in the United States don’t have a single buprenorphine prescriber. You have 4 free articles remaining. Subscribe to The Times [The Trump appointee overseeing addiction treatment says “we have a lot of work to do” to get more doctors comfortable with prescribing addiction medication. Read an interview with her.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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