A comparison of mortality rates for buprenorphine versus methadone treatments for opioid use disorder.

Daniel J GottliebBrian ShinerJessica E HoytNatalie B RibletTalya PeltzmanNikhil TejaBradley V Watts

Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2022)

We found significantly lower all-cause mortality and suicide mortality rates for buprenorphine compared with methadone. Our results support the less restrictive prescribing practices for buprenorphine as OAT in the US.

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