- 102,570 Total number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver in the United States (source)
- 80% reduction in opioid overdose deaths when frontline physicians in France had access to buprenorphine for patients with opioid addiction (source)
- 26% of all ACEP Councillors surveyed at ACEP19 had obtained an X waiver
- 10% of all patients with opioid use disorder are currently able to access evidence-based treatment
- Emergency medicine ranks #6 as a specialty in terms of overall number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver (source)
- 2 states have a Get Waivered campaign (source)
- 1 decision you make could be the difference between life and death for patients with opioid addiction
Get Waivered today.
Compiled by Alister Martin, MD, instructor in emergency medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston