Buprenorphine With Medical Management Counseling Is Just As Effective As Buprenorphine With Intensive Behavioral Therapy For Treatment Of OUD

Buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) plus standard medical medication management counseling was as effective as treatment with buprenorphine plus intensive behavioral therapy, a recent study found. Effectiveness was defined as treatment retention and opioid-free weeks over a 12-week period.

Those who received buprenorphine with medical management counseling had an average of 7.00 opioid-free weeks, and they stayed in treatment for an average of 10.21 weeks out of a maximum of 12 weeks. Comparatively, those who received buprenorphine with medical management counseling plus additional behavioral therapy had 7.16 opioid-free weeks, and they . . .