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Effective December 29, 2022, federal law eliminated the buprenorphine patient cap for practitioners [1.3.8]. So, what is the current cap for prescribing buprenorphine? The answer is that no federal limit exists; prescribing is now governed by state law and clinical judgment [1.2.1, 1.3.9].

In 2022, an estimated 3.7% of U.S. adults needed treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), yet only a fraction received it. A common question is, **is there an age limit for methadone**, a key medication in OUD treatment? The answer is nuanced and depends on the patient's age and diagnosis.

Millions of drug tests are conducted annually for employment and legal reasons [1.3.3]. When reviewing results, many ask, **what does CR mean on a drug test?** This abbreviation refers to creatinine, a crucial marker for ensuring the test sample itself is valid and has not been tampered with [1.2.1, 1.2.5].