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Treating Opioid Addiction in an Office-based Practice
Since the 1970's, federal and state regulations have generally restricted methadone availability to specially licensed methadone clinics, effectively preventing most private physicians from offering methadone for addiction treatment. There are fewer regulatory inhibitions on prescribing Buprenorphine, but impediments remain and in practice its availability in mainstream medical care is limited.
Recently, many experts have considered whether more patients could get help if methadone treatment could be provided by physicians in a general office-based setting (as opposed to a special clinic) through what have come to be known as methadone medical maintenance programs. There is also interest in broadening access to office-based treatment with Buprenorphine.
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Boston University School of Public Health 
