Barriers prevent pregnant women from accessing treatment for opioid overdose

SAN DIEGO — Medication-assisted treatment for opioid overdose remains largely inaccessible for pregnant women, according to research presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting.
However, access would improve if more OB/GYNs secured an X-waiver license to prescribe medications like methadone and buprenorphine, Molly Tuller, MD, a third-year resident in the department of OB/GYN at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, told Healio.
“There is a huge opioid epidemic in the U.S. and we don't have a lot of OBs that have X licenses to prescribe

SAN DIEGO — Medication-assisted treatment for opioid overdose remains largely inaccessible for pregnant women, according to research presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting.
However, access would improve if more OB/GYNs secured an X-waiver license to prescribe medications like methadone and buprenorphine, Molly Tuller, MD, a third-year resident in the department of OB/GYN at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, told Healio.
“There is a huge opioid epidemic in the U.S. and we don’t have a lot of OBs that have X licenses to prescribe