“However, increasingly, cases of neonatal abstinence are the result of mothers participating in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs for opioid addiction, using prescribed drugs like buprenorphine (known commercially as Subutex or Suboxone) or sometimes methadone. Medication-assisted treatment can be an effective approach to treating opioid dependence, when combined with behavioral therapy, social support and after-care services; however, while most agree that MAT drugs do reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings, controversy exists in the medical community related to substituting one addictive substance for another, as well as ideal duration of therapy.”