COVID-19 Reduces Access to Opioid Dependency Treatment for New Patients (IMAGE)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

COVID-19 Reduces Access to Opioid Dependency Treatment for New Patients

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COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used for opioid dependency, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers.

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Egan Jimenez, Princeton University

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