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Buprenorphine Shortage 2025. Policymakers can help more people benefit from buprenorphine. The goal was to prevent shortages.

The proportion of opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, did not increase in the months after prescribing flexibilities. During the pandemic, the drug enforcement agency issued temporary rules that allowed providers to prescribe controlled substances like buprenorphine and adderall without first meeting a patient.