medications for opioid use disorder, including finding a provider who takes insurance rather than cash.The situation is even worse for women who are pregnant and addicted to opioids.
Overall, pregnant women were about 20% less likely to be accepted for treatment than nonpregnant women.“It wasn’t just that pregnant women had a hard time getting into treatment — everyone did.
It was pretty extraordinary,” said Stephen Patrick, M.D., director of the Center for Child Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.“We have been in the middle of an epidemic of opioid overdose for years now.
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