STOP STIGMA NOW INC

What they do

STOP STIGMA NOW (SSN), CONSISTING of ACTIVE and RETIRED PROFESSIONALS, and PATIENTS, is A THINK TANK THAT DELIVERS TRUSTED INSIGHT ON THE BENEFITS of MEDICATION TREATMENT for OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) and EDUCATES THE WIDER PUBLIC ON THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MOUD.OUR AGENDA is SIMPLE: to HELP STOP THE STIGMA and PREJUDICE DIRECTED AT BOTH THE TREATMENT and THE PATIENTS.STOP STIGMA NOW WAS ESTABLISHED to CHANGE PREVAILING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD), WHICH ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO and REMAINING IN TREATMENT.WHILE MANY TREATMENTS for OUD EXIST, (I.E., MEDICATION TREATMENT, IN-PATIENT REHABILITATION, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, OUTPATIENT COUNSELING,) THE USE of MEDICATIONS (METHADONE, BUPRENORPHINE and EXTENDED-RELEASE NALTREXONE) HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN DOCUMENTED to BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. COMPARED to OTHER TREATMENTS, PATIENTS MAINTAINED ON MEDICATION ARE LESS LIKELY to RELAPSE, ACQUIRE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV and HEPATITIS C, and