In the United States, opioid overdoses and deaths continue to rise, but medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone have been proven to reduce opioid overdoses by more than 50%. Over the last decade, medication-assisted treatment has seen a growth of more than 100 percent in opioid use disorder. However, this increase in treatment has not kept pace with the skyrocketing overdose mortality rates caused largely by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than heroin, and OUD. There is evidence that medication-assisted treatment reduces opioid overdoses. Despite this, there is a large gap between the prevalence of opioid use disorder and the number of patients who receive medication access. There are three safe and effective medications that can help people with opioid use disorder quit and stay in recovery, but only 11 percent of people receive them.