Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) (Essay Sample)

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) Assignment Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) Assignment  Substance use disorders (SUDs) caused by drug abuse affect an individual's brain and behavior, decreasing their quality of life and health. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is among the most effective approaches to addressing SUD. It refers to using a combination of medicine, counseling, and behavior therapies to address SUDs and avert opioid overdose ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"DOI":"10.15585/mmwr.rr6501e1er","ISSN":"1057-5987","author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Dowell","given":"Deborah","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""},{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Haegerich","given":"Tamara M.","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""},{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Chou","given":"Roger","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"MMWR. 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Methadone, and buprenorphine, among others, are utilized in heroin, morphine, and other opioid-related addictions ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Andraka-christou","given":"Barbara","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"id":"ITEM-1","issue":"2006","issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]},"page":"1-35","title":"MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR ADDICTIONIMPROVING DRUG COURTS THROUGH MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR","type":"article-journal","volume":"559"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=4648db97-a337-4dc3-a778-b00e864f984d"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)"},"properties":{"noteIndex":0},"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"}(Andraka-christou, 2016). A common misunderstanding associated with MAT includes the perception that the approach substitutes one drug for another. This false perception results from the lack of knowledge regarding how the MAT approach works. However, the approach utilizes medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the program comprises clinically driven and customized strategies to meet a specific client's needs ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"WHO","given":"","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"id":"ITEM-1","issued":{"date-parts":[["2009"]]},"title":"Clinical Guidelines For Withdrawal Management and Treatment of Drug Dependence in Closed Setting","type":"article-journal"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=9263521f-0c09-40b9-9579-bec17ece5698"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(WHO, 2009)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(WHO, 2009)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(WHO, 2009)"},"properties":{"noteIndex":0},"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"}(WHO, 2009). MATs medication helps relieve patients’ withdrawal symptoms, including psychological cravings that result in the body's chemical imbalances ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Andraka-christou","given":"Barbara","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"id":"ITEM-1","issue":"2006","issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]},"page":"1-35","title":"MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR ADDICTIONIMPROVING DRUG COURTS THROUGH MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR","type":"article-journal","volume":"559"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=4648db97-a337-4dc3-a778-b00e864f984d"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(Andraka-christou, 2016)"},"properties":{"noteIndex":0},"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"}(Andraka-christou, 2016). Thus, MAT programs present SUD individuals with a safe and controlled therapy level to overcome the condition. Through learning MAT, I have realized that many people view individuals suffering from SAD as hopeless, a "lost cause," or insane, but most SUDs patients do not comprehend the available resources to help them through the path to overcome the problem. The CDC guidelines recommend nonopioid treatments and nonpharmacological approaches as the most complementary therapies to promote safety and care quality for palliative, end-of-life, and active cancer patients. Opioids should not be considered the first therapy line as they present significant risks to overdose or escalate the opioid use disorder ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"abstract":"The United States is in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses. The amount of opioids prescribed and sold in the US quadrupled since 1999, but the overall amount of pain reported by Americans hasn't changed. This epidemic is devastating American lives, families, and communities. 165K More than 40 people die every day from Since 1999, there have been over 4.3 million Americans engaged in overdoses involving prescription opioids. 1 165,000 deaths from overdose related non-medical use of prescription to prescription opioids. 1 opioids in the last month. 2 40 4.3M PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS HAVE BENEFITS AND RISKS Many Americans suffer from chronic pain. These patients deserve safe and effective pain management. Prescription opioids can help manage some types of pain in the short term. However, we don't have enough information about the benefits of opioids long term, and we know that there are serious risks of opioid use disorder and overdose—particularly 249M prescriptions for opioid pain medication were written by healthcare providers in 2013 enough prescriptions were written for every American adult to have a bottle of pills with high dosages and long-term use. 1 Includes overdose deaths related to methadone but does not include overdose deaths related to other synthetic prescription opioids such as fentanyl.","author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"CDC","given":"","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"National Survey on Drug Use and Health","id":"ITEM-1","issued":{"date-parts":[["2014"]]},"title":"CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain","type":"article-journal"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=7f0258d6-96ba-443c-9a45-c90f789652f6"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(CDC, 2014)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(CDC, 2014)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(CDC, 2014)"},"properties":{"noteIndex":0},"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"}(CDC, 2014). Caregivers should consider opioid therapy where expected benefits are anticipated to outweigh patients' potential risks ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"DOI":"10.15585/mmwr.rr6501e1er","ISSN":"1057-5987","author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Dowell","given":"Deborah","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""},{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Haegerich","given":"Tamara M.","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""},{"dropping-particle":"","family":"Chou","given":"Roger","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"MMWR. 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Besides, the "crackdown" results in withdrawal tapering effects, causing people to seek street drugs such as heroin ADDIN CSL_CITATION {"citationItems":[{"id":"ITEM-1","itemData":{"author":[{"dropping-particle":"","family":"KARLIN-SMITH","given":"SARAH","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""},{"dropping-particle":"","family":"EHLEY","given":"BRIANNA","non-dropping-particle":"","parse-names":false,"suffix":""}],"container-title":"Politico","id":"ITEM-1","issued":{"date-parts":[["2018","8"]]},"title":"5 unintended consequences of addressing the opioid crisis","type":"article-magazine"},"uris":["http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=0547fb36-7069-471f-a840-b59ec57057fa"]}],"mendeley":{"formattedCitation":"(KARLIN-SMITH & EHLEY, 2018)","plainTextFormattedCitation":"(KARLIN-SMITH & EHLEY, 2018)","previouslyFormattedCitation":"(KARLIN-SMITH & EHLEY, 2018)"},"properties":{"not...