Dr. Edwin Salsitz, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, speaks to a patient who has been on buprenorphine and has done well and now wants to taper off buprenorphine. They discuss the pros and cons of stopping the medication and what to expect.
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Federal Law, Regulations, and the Dispensing of Controlled Substances
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Federal Law, Regulations, and the Dispensing of Controlled Substances
April 25, 2018
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Don’t Give Up on Your Patients
Don’t give up.
If John Mannion, RN, CARN has one bit of advice for anyone treating patients with an addiction, it is that, as a clinician, you never know when that one patient might turn the corner and reach out for help.
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April 4, 2018
AAP Challenges Pediatric Surgeons to Cut Opioid Prescriptions at Discharge in Half
In March, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Surgery’s Executive Committee issued a six-month challenge to pediatric surgeons to decrease opioid prescribing by 50% at discharge.
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March 1, 2018
TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) reviews the use of the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD)—methadone, naltrexone, and bupr…
January 26, 2018
2017 HHS Accomplishments on Opioids
Marking the end of the first year of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report highlighting accomplishments from 2017.
“In 2017, HHS took…
