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Mount Sinai Study Advances the Use of a New Implanted Device to Treat Opioid Addiction

http://blog.mountsinai.org/blog/mount-sinai-study-advances-the-use-of-a-new-implanted-device-to-treat-opioid-addiction/

Hey folks, had some spare time and couldn't help myself from checking in on TTNP. I thought this was hopeful.
"According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, medicine given as a maintenance treatment in combination with recovery support is more effective than short-term detoxification programs aimed at abstinence.

"There’s probably a large untapped population of people being seen in primary care and elsewhere for whom this medication may be an excellent solution,” says Dr. Rosenthal. He adds that additional research is needed among broader populations of patients and to address the rate and predictors of relapse after the six months of implant use is discontinued.

Through the Center for Addictive Disorders and The Friedman Brain Institute, the Mount Sinai Health System treats at least 8,000 drug addiction patients annually, of whom 6,300 receive help for opioid addiction.