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Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment

  • Written by Margaret Lowenstein, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatmentThe mobile unit visits Philadelphia neighborhoods that have high rates of fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation US, CC BY-NC-ND

A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in Philadelphia to return for follow-up visits, according to a peer-reviewed study I...

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