Price's Remarks on Opioid Treatment Were Unscientific and Harmful

Price's Remarks on Opioid Treatment Were Unscientific and Harmful
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Nearly 700 experts signed a letter to HHS Secretary Tom Price, asking that he correct remarks in which he called medication-assisted treatment for addiction.

Addiction experts are up in arms following remarks from Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, in which he referred to medication-assisted treatment for addiction as "substituting one opioid for another."

Nearly 700 researchers and practitioners sent a letter Monday communicating their criticisms to Price and urging him to "set the record straight."



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