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FDA Approves Weekly Buprenorphine Injections to Treat Opioid Use Disorder

By Nicole Leonard | WHYY
Published June 14, 2023 at 12:17 AM EDT
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Philadelphia addiction treatment experts hope that a new weekly injection medication for opioid use disorder will make it easier for people to enter long-term recovery. WHYY’s Nicole Leonard has more.

(Original air-date: 6/5/23)

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Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.
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