- 102,570 Total number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver in the United States (source)
- 80% reduction in opioid overdose deaths when frontline physicians in France had access to buprenorphine for patients with opioid addiction (source)
- 26% of all ACEP Councillors surveyed at ACEP19 had obtained an X waiver
- 10% of all patients with opioid use disorder are currently able to access evidence-based treatment
- Emergency medicine ranks #6 as a specialty in terms of overall number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver (source)
- 2 states have a Get Waivered campaign (source)
- 1 decision you make could be the difference between life and death for patients with opioid addiction
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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 12 – December 2019Compiled by Alister Martin, MD, instructor in emergency medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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