is opioid treatment medical treatment
Part 2 of the Opioid Treatment Medical Treatment Guidelines is divided into two parts. Supplement 1 provides the findings from a review of opioid use guidelines available as. of April 2015. Supplement 2 compiles the recommendations of the guidelines reviewed, providing actual excerpts as well as a summary.
The most common medications used in treatment of opioid. addiction are methadone and buprenorphine. Sometimes. another medication, called naltrexone, is used. Cost varies for. the different medications. This may need to be taken into. account when considering treatment options.