Description: Medication Assisted Treatment (MOUD) is a safe and proven approach to treating opioid use disorder (OUD) and helping people take back their lives.
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) is a safe and proven approach to treating opioid use disorder (OUD) and helping people take back their lives. If 12-step programs and talk therapy alone aren’t working for you, MOUD can help.
It’s a treatment that uses FDA-approved medications, in combination with counseling, to treat opioid use disorder. Buprenorphine, methadone, suboxone, and naltrexone—all commonly used medications in MOUD—have proven to be extremely effective in:
Opioid use disorder is a chronic medical condition. More specifically, it has been identified by the U.S. Surgeon General as a chronic brain disease. Like other chronic diseases, medication can be used to successfully treat them. And when combined with behavioral treatment and recovery support, MOUD provides treatment that is far more effective any other form today.