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Although the federal government has spent millions to support greater prescribing of buprenorphine, particularly by primary care physicians, the number of prescribers who have taken the required eight-hour DEA course, and the number of patients they are serving has been much lower than expected.
Buprenorphine, which was developed with federal funding and approved by the FDA in 2002, can be prescribed by doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants for 30 days at a time, picked up at a drug store and taken at home. Similar to patients taking methadone, patients who take buprenorphine are encouraged to attend individual and group counseling sessions.
As of October, 1,611 methadone treatment programs were operating in 49 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than 380,000 patients, SAMHSA data shows. And that number is projected to grow over the next two years.