Americans Acquire Access For Opioid Addiction Treatment Despite Race

Nikki Attkisson | Last Updated : July 19, 2021

A news case study finds that opioid addiction treatment is becoming more viral for availability on medication for recipients which is undergone by the affordable care act, but the point lies on black patients that they are very less likely compared to white patients in order to get treatment.

For a long, the expert’s research on different age groups including youth and among different regions. More of Black people are found as a victim of the same which can be a serious concern for their health and overall being.

Americans Acquire Access For Opioid Addiction Treatment Despite Race

Julie Donohue is the co-author and chairmen for public health’s department on management and policy of this study, he explains that “opioid disorders are treatable compared to another disease but the opioid treatment is the successful treatment when the patient is experiencing an unimpeded and regular access by the trained clinicians who are not able to cure the disorder but the rest is taken with utmost health care”.

Americans Acquire Access For Opioid Addiction Treatment Despite Race

According to the United States, Health Organization states that opioids are extracted from poppy seeds made by synthetic compounds that have similar properties which can have to interact with opioid receptors inside the brain.

Researchers say that opioids are used for treating pains which includes tramadol, fentanyl, and morphine. Across the world, 0.5 million people are into drug usage where 70 percent of deaths are reported to opioids, and 30 percent of deaths are reported by drug overdosage where 10 percent of people are experiencing the treatment with better conditions.

Investigators stated that “naloxone” is the medication that is used to treat the overdosage of opioid drugs within administration time. Opioids should be used with utmost care.

According to the survey, opioid addiction is reported as the most leading cause of death mostly in the United States where Medicaid is provided to cover the low-income people for nearly 80 million citizens or within a quarter of American citizens.

Donohue and his team had analyzed and reported the data across 11 states with Medicaid enrolments of 22 percent where some states are registered with death rates such as; Pennsylvania and other five states on overdosage of drugs. 

On another note, opioids are addicted to higher rates with Medicaid enrollers as they are highly raised with 3.3 percent in the year 2014 to 5 percent in the year 2018 where the rates are expanded due to the Medicaid’s with affordable care acts are raised within 27.3 percent to 50.7 percent in the course of same periods.  

According to a recent press release by the University, Donohue reported that “demonstration is done by the Medicaid state expansion which is provided by the access to care the population that is needed for engaged results for health care system”.

Investigators say that there are several medications such as; methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine which are used for treating opioids on the usage of disorders and work with the best experience and taken under continuous act.

Researchers are assessed with several indicators with quality and good care on opioid addiction that includes minimal one period within 180 days on continuous medication and at least one is ordered for urine drug test on one claim for health counseling with behavior.

According to the study, black patients are very much less likely compared to white patients which are tended to be treated with the help of medications on opioid addictions and are less likely for having continuous treatments with such opioids.

Investigators discovered that the wide variations are recorded between the states on levels of health counseling with behavioral tests and urine tests which are controlled under prescribed substances.


Nikki Attkisson

With over 15 years as a practicing journalist, Nikki Attkisson found herself at Powdersville Post now after working at several other publications. She is an award-winning journalist with an entrepreneurial spirit and worked as a journalist covering technology, innovation, environmental issues, politics, health etc. Nikki Attkisson has also worked on product development, content strategy, and editorial management for numerous media companies. She began her career at local news stations and worked as a reporter in national newspapers.

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