US to promote use of opioid alternatives to treat addiction – Reuters

US to promote use of opioid alternatives to treat addiction
Reuters
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to encourage opioid addicts to use less harmful opioid drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, a radical shift in policy that could agitate those in the addiction field who believe abstinence …
FDA’s Gottlieb calls for greater use of medication-assisted treatment to fight opioid epidemicWashington Post
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