Publications by authors named "Kortney McBryan"
Introduction: Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) reduce illicit opioid use and overdose mortality, but effectiveness remains limited by poor treatment retention. Understanding multilevel barriers and facilitators to retention from the patient perspective can guide intervention strategies to improve retention.
Methods: We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews to elicit perspectives of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) currently (n = 19) and formerly (n = 16) receiving treatment from a multi-clinic outpatient MOUD program in Pennsylvania in July 2020 to January 2021.
Article Synopsis
- Prescription opioids are often used to help people with severe pain, but some might end up having problems with using them too much (that's called opioid use disorder or OUD).
- Researchers are studying how different health and genetic factors influence who might develop OUD, using a large collection of health data.
- By understanding these factors better, doctors can find patients at risk and suggest other types of treatments that don't involve opioids.