September 19, 2025Addiction

Thresholds for adjunctive medication usage and probability of initiating injectable naltrexone

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KRKara E. RudolphColumbia University SIShodai InoseColumbia University NWNicholas WilliamsColumbia University

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Secondary analysis estimates how different medication thresholds affect naltrexone initiation probability in opioid use disorder, suggesting lower thresholds may enhance treatment outcomes.

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Probability of initiating extended-release naltrexone was highest at 50.4% under the no-threshold regime, indicating a strong approach for treatment initiation.
Initiating XR-NTX by day 14 was significantly higher by 11.9 percentage points under no thresholds compared to the mild-to-moderate threshold regime.
Adjunctive medications appear to improve naltrexone initiation rates, encouraging preemptive use rather than waiting for withdrawal symptoms.
Findings support adapting clinical practices to lower thresholds for medication usage to enhance opioid treatment efficacy.

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Rudolph et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d466b531b076d99fa65610 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70189

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Secondary analysis estimates how different medication thresholds affect naltrexone initiation probability in opioid use disorder, suggesting lower thresholds may enhance treatment outcomes.

Thresholds for adjunctive medication usage and probability of initiating injectable naltrexone

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Thresholds for adjunctive medication usage and probability of initiating injectable naltrexone

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