Placebo added to methadone increases opioid treatment adherence

Researchers report that patients who knowingly took a “sugar pill” placebo along with daily methadone treatment achieved significantly higher 90-day adherence to treatment for opioid abuse disorder than patients using only methadone. The findings were published on April 12 in JAMA Network Open. “The clinical implications of our intervention have great potential impact, as retention in treatment is a serious […]