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Rutgers Medical School First To Offer Certified Medication Assisted Treatment

 

 New Jersey’s oldest medical school is the first nationwide to ensure its graduates offer certified medication assisted treatment. Rutgers Medical School (NJMS) recently announced updates to their curriculum to prepare new physicians for MAT. The first fully trained class of 158 students will graduate next spring. Certified Medication Assisted Treatment Fills A Void Until recently, the federal government regulated the training and certification for MAT programs. Medication assisted therapy programs

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The Differences Between Vivitrol And Suboxone

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 Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a powerful tool in combating drug addiction. Two popular medications used by MAT professionals  are Suboxone and Vivitrol. With therapy and other interventions, Vivitrol and Suboxone are a powerful tool to help addicts get and stay sober. When considering MAT, it is important to understand the differences between these medications and how they can help you beat addiction once and for all. What Type of Medication

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Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addiction Expanding

 

 The FDA will expand medication-assisted therapy for opioid addiction. In a recent article in the New York Times, they will share new treatment guidelines in the coming weeks. This change corrects misconceptions that patients must be totally abstinent for MAT to be effective. Current Health and Human Services secretary Alex A. Azar II announced this change during the recent National Governors Association. During the event, Azar stated the following: Medication-assisted

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Why Medically Assisted Treatment is Beneficial in Treating Addiction

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 When a patient is suffering a disease, the use of medications is an important component in treating that disease. In drug treatment, the use of medications often meets with criticism. Many treatment professionals feel the use of medications to treat substance abuse is merely seen as replacing one substance for another. With 115 people dying per day from opioid abuse, medically assisted treatment can be very beneficial in an overall

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MAT Proven Effective For Opioid Addiction

 

 Medically assisted treatment has been considered controversial in the past, especially for opioid addictions. This is because there has been a stigma surrounding the treatment due to people considering it to be a replacement for an addiction opposed to an actual rehabilitation. This is simply not true. More and more studies are suggesting people are turning their lives around due to medical assistance and are able to eventually fully recover

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