Buprenorphine Plus High-Quality, Low-Intensity Medical Counseling Is Highly Effective For Opioid Use Disorder

For adults with opioid use disorder being treated on an outpatient basis with buprenorphine, those who received low-intensity medical management counseling showed outcomes similar to those who received more intensive behavioral therapy in addition to the medication, a recent study found. More intensive behavioral therapy was not associated with higher treatment retention rates or better functioning. Buprenorphine treatment plus high-quality, low-intensity medical management counseling was highly effective for opioid use disorder, the study concluded.

Those who received buprenorphine plus medical management counseling had an average of 7.00 opioid-free weeks. They stayed in treatment for an . . .