Opioid use disorder and how to treat it
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An estimated 2.1 million Americans struggle with opioid use disorder, but only 1 in 5 patients have received medication to begin the road to recovery.
Kate Richards is the program manager for the Caring Recovery Opioid Treatment Program at Eskenazi Health. She joined Daybreak on Tuesday to discuss the disorder and stress the importance of the recovery process.
Richards first explains the deliberate choice of words between “opioid use disorder” and “opioid addiction.”…