Medication-assisted treatment reduces cravings, anxiety, withdrawal symptoms, and post-acute withdrawal syndrome, which can cause severe withdrawal symptoms to recur up to a year after treatment, interfering with an individual’s ability to continue or engage in other therapies. Managing these physical ...
This chapter is the first of two parts describing the advantages, standards, and goals of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders. MAT is a complex biopsychosocial intervention with the provision of opioid substitution treatment (OST) at its core. These chapters aim to provide...
for the first time in our nation’s history, people are now more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than a car crash.1Medication assisted treatment (MAT), which is a combination of psychosocial therapy and FDA-approved medications, is considered the gold standard ...
A Medically Assisted Treatment program (MAT) uses a combination of both medication and counseling to assist an individual in overcoming their substance abuse. This type of treatment is considered a ‘substitute treatment’ for those abusing opioids, illicit drugs, and other addictive substances. The ...
Over the last 50 years, the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) has evolved from a controversial therapy on the outskirts of accepted medical practice and drug abuse prevention strategy to what a report issued by the Surgeon General in...
Medication-assisted treatment has shown to be effective in reducing the harm of a life of active addiction and allows people to live independent and productive lives. “According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), “MAT provides a more comprehensive, individuall...
Another federal judge backs inmate in an ADA case over lack of MATFor the second time since last fall, a federal judge has determined that a local jail system's refusal to provide medication‐assisted treatment (MAT) to an incarcerated offender likely violates the Americans with Disabilities Act...
No more prior authorization in Pennsylvania for MATSeveral state agencies in Pennsylvania have helped to negotiate an agreement under which seven major insurers in the state will remove prior‐authorization barriers to the full array of medication‐assisted treatment (MAT) options for opioid dependence....
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