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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017 Jul 3;85:90–96. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.07.001

Table 1.

Medication treatment of OUD by year

Year Total OUD person- months Injectable naltrexone Oral naltrexone Sublingual or oromucosal buprenorphine/naloxone Sublingual buprenorphine Transdermal buprenorphine* Total Prescribed months /total OUD person months
Prescribed mo. % of total Prescribed mo. % of total Prescribed mo. % of total Prescribed mo. % of total Prescribed mo. % of total
2010 411,936 195 0.2% 1,435 1.4% 95,299 92.6% 5,966 5.8% 0 0.0% 25.0% (102,895/411,936)
2011 875,105 637 0.3% 2,929 1.6% 169,075 90.7% 12,021 6.4% 1,805 1.0% 21.3% (186,467/875,105)
2012 1,286,954 1,425 0.6% 4,041 1.6% 219,655 89.3% 17,392 7.1% 3,399 1.4% 19.1% 245,912/1,286,954)
2013 1,315,446 2,243 0.9% 4,626 1.9% 208,195 87.6% 18,612 7.8% 3,867 1.6% 18.1% (237,543/1,315,446)
2014 1,739,560 2,830 1.0% 6,144 2.2% 239,632 86.0% 24,423 8.8% 5,742 2.1% 16.0% (278,771/1,739,560)

OUD = opioid use disorder

*

Transdermal mono buprenorphine is FDA-approved for the treatment of chronic pain, not opioid use disorder.