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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].

Despite there being more than 15 million buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2023 [1.4.1], significant barriers still prevent wider adoption by clinicians. This article addresses the core question: why don't more doctors prescribe buprenorphine?