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ArticleThe American journal on addictions2026

Brief report: Meth, tranq, gas station heroin & other drugs complicating addiction treatment.

Erin L Winstanley, Jane M Liebschutz, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Galen E Switzer, Samantha Nash, Sarah Kawasaki

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Article in The American journal on addictions, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Erin L WinstanleyDivision of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-0259
Jane M LiebschutzDivision of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cristina Murray-KrezanDivision of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Galen E SwitzerDivision of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Samantha NashDivision of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sarah KawasakiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

Funding

Project-008UG1DA049436 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jane M. Liebschutz, Erin L Winstanley · 2019 to 2026
$10.5M
NIDA NIH HHS UG1 DA049436NIDA NIH HHS UG1DA049436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPatients using fentanyl have worse treatment outcomes; however, little is known about other drugs that complicate treatment.

methodsA national survey (n = 396) was conducted using a random sample of clinicians waivered to prescribe buprenorphine in the United States. This study reports the results of a single survey item on clinicians' perceptions of other drugs, besides IMF, complicating treatment.

resultsClinicians reported methamphetamine (86.4%), synthetic cannabinoids (42.7%), and xylazine (41.4%) were complicating treatment; reports varied by geographic region. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Rapid clinician surveys can provide real-time data on changing patterns of drug use's impact treatment outcomes.

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MethamphetamineSubstance-Related DisordersBuprenorphineCannabinoidsHeroinHumansOpiate Substitution TreatmentUnited StatesBuprenorphineCannabinoidsHeroinMethamphetamine

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PMID41741932
PMCPMC12997185

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