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JOURNAL OF ADDICTION MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1-2Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000275
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language; medication-assisted treatment; opioid agonist therapy; stigma
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The term medication-assisted treatment has been widely adopted in reference to the use of opioid agonist therapy. Although it is arguably better than the older terms of replacement or substitution therapy, medication-assisted treatment implies that medications are a corollary to whatever the main part of treatment is. No other medication for other health conditions is referred to this way. It has finally been recognized that to improve care and reduce stigma, we must use medically accurate and person-first language, describing those with the disease of addiction as people with substance use disorder. However, to truly change outcomes, we must also alter the language of treatment.
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