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Insurance Rules Can Hamper Recovery From Opioid Addiction


Friday, August 5, 2016

by National Public Radio

Twice a day, Angela and Nate Turner of Greenwood, Ind., put tiny strips that look like tinted tape under their tongues.

But because of some companies' insurance rules, getting started on Suboxone — and staying on it — can be difficult.

Angela says after her doctor wrote her a prescription, she had to wait three days to get it filled. She spent those days in bed with nausea, diarrhea and muscle cramps — symptoms of opioid withdrawal. For Nate, the wait was five days. On Day 3, he relapsed and used heroin.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/05/485554456/insurance-rules-can-hamper-recovery-from-opioid-addiction