A study has revealed that adolescents with severe opioid use disorder can be treated with one of the three medications. The study was published in the 'Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.' Adolescents with severe opioid use disorder may benefit from medication as part of a larger comprehensive treatment plan said lead author Deepa R Camenga of the Yale School of Medicine. In their research Camenga and colleagues searched the scientific literature for investigations of the effects of medication in the treatment of opioid use disorder in adolescents. They identified 14 reports published between 1973 and 2018. The number