Suboxone

The opioid crisis continues in the U.S., despite a recent decline in overdose deaths, and medically assisted treatment has proven to be one of the best ways to treat opioid use disorder. Now, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich has introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for patients to get one of these medications, buprenorphine.

As overdose deaths in New Mexico have surged during the pandemic, recent research shows a searing gap in treatment available for Opioid Use Disorder at…

In many parts of the world, including rural New Mexico, it's difficult for patients to access specialists in health care. But instead of moving more…