Improve Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

March 2023

You’ll see big changes in prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD)...as federal law eliminates the “X” DEA number requirement.

Now buprenorphine Rxs only require a standard DEA number...and there’s NO limit on the number of patients a prescriber can treat.

The goal is to improve access. Despite some requirements being lifted during the pandemic, many US counties still lack certified prescribers...and only about 10% of people with OUD receive meds.

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