Researching Attitudes Towards Medication-Assisted Treatment, United States, 2018-2020

This study used in-depth, semi-structured individual telephone interviews with people in recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD) who had used medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Questions explored their narrative history of recovery, barriers and facilitators to accessing MOUD, perceptions of MOUD efficacy, the relationship between MOUD and 12-step support groups, treatment in the criminal justice system, and development of an ideal treatment facility. Individuals were recruited using a snowball sampling method involving three syringe service programs between 2018 and 2020.