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Disparities in Naltrexone Prescriptions to Medicaid Enrollees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022-10-07 addiction medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic strained healthcare facilities and the isolation and uncertainty associated with the pandemic compromised mental health around the world. The pandemic has also been associated with an exacerbation of the opioid crisis in the United States (US), and previous studies have reported changing trends in opioid misuse during the pandemic. Our study investigated naltrexone, a prescription drug used to treat alcohol and opioid use disorders by blocking opioid receptors to ...

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