Table 3.

Restrictions on inpatient buprenorphine and methadone ordering

Medication	Restriction on inpatient ordering*	N (%)
Buprenorphine (n = 22)	No restriction	10 (45%)
	Restriction based on provider specialty**	6 (27%)
	Only if receiving treatment prior to admission	3 (14%)
	Only physicians with X-waiver***	3 (14%)
	Pain management only	1 (5%)
Methadone (n = 23)	No restriction	9 (39%)
	Restriction based on provider specialty**	10 (43%)
	Only if receiving treatment prior to admission	3 (13%)
	Only physicians with X-waiver***	2 (9%)

^*Restriction categories are not mutually exclusive, some pharmacies reported multiple restrictions

^**Varying combination of hospitalists, psychiatry, addiction medicine, pain specialists

^***X-waivers, Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000 waiver