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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment Discontinuation in Pregnant Females With Opioid Use Disorder

JAMA Psychiatry·August 19
PsychiatrySafety signalOpioid Use DisorderCohort StudyOpioid Agonist TherapyAdultBuprenorphineMethadone

Summary

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What was studied

This cohort study evaluated racial and ethnic disparities in retention in buprenorphine and methadone treatment among pregnant females with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the US.

Study limitations

The abstract provides insufficient detail to assess specific limitations such as sample size, follow-up duration, confounders adjusted for, or outcome definitions.

Clinical implications

Clinicians treating pregnant patients with OUD should be aware that racial and ethnic disparities in treatment retention may exist, warranting targeted support strategies for at-risk groups.

Caveats

  • Only the abstract is available; key quantitative results, sample size, follow-up duration, and specific disparity estimates cannot be extracted or verified.
  • The DOI publication date (2026-08-19) is one day before today's date, suggesting this is a very recently published article — full text may not yet be widely accessible.
  • The impact flag 'safety_signal' was applied given the public health significance of treatment discontinuation disparities in a vulnerable perinatal population, but clinical severity cannot be confirmed without full text.

Related Questions

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What factors predict buprenorphine or methadone treatment discontinuation in pregnant patients with opioid use disorder?How do racial and ethnic disparities affect maternal outcomes in opioid use disorder treatment?What interventions improve retention in MOUD treatment for pregnant women from minority populations?

Publication Details

Year
2026
Journal
JAMA Psychiatry
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