Healio (4/15, Herpen) reported, “Treatment with medications for opioid use disorder [OUD] is associated with significant reductions in multiple modes of mortality for American veterans,” investigators concluded in a “retrospective cohort study” that “included more than 60,000 patients (92.8% male; mean age 46.5 years) from the Department of Veterans Affairs between 2003 and 2017.” The findings were published online April 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Medication treatment for opioid use disorder linked with lowered mortality in veterans “Robert Herpen, Healio, April 15, 2022