PrintPediatrician Timothy Brennan, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, conducts initial interview with patient who overdosed on heroin and has had little benefit from past treatment. Read more
Young adult seeking treatment after overdosing (Part 2)
Pediatrician Timothy Brennan, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, explains the different options available to a teenager who wants to use medication assisted treatment to stop taking heroin. Read more
Overcoming Barriers in Office-Based OUD Treatment (Part 1)
Dr. Sanchit Maruti, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, talks with a primary care provider whose first attempt at offering opioid use disorder treatment did not go well. Read more
Overcoming Barriers in Office-Based OUD Treatment (Part 2)
Dr. Sanchit Maruti, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, explains to a physician good practices to follow when a healthcare clinic wants to treat patients with opioid use disorder. Read more
How does buprenorphine work? (Part 1)
Dr. John Mariani, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, discusses with a patient about buprenorphine to treat a patient’s heroin addiction with a patient. Read more
How does buprenorphine work? (Part 2)
Dr. John Mariani, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, gives a patient an idea of how she will feel once she begins taking buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Read more
How does buprenorphine work? (Part 3)
Dr. John Mariani, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, answers a patient’s question about how long she will have to take buprenorphine to treat her heroin addiction. Read more
How does buprenorphine work? (Part 4)
Dr. John Mariani, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, explains the difference between being on heroin or other opioids and taking buprenorphine, which is an opioid, to treat opioid use disorder. Read more
Dr. Sanchit Maruti on treatment in rural areas
Dr. Sanchit Maruti , a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert,discusses how access to care is one of the largest barrier to treating addiction in rural areas. Read more
Medications: Isn’t just replacing one drug with another?
Dr. Hillary Kunins, a Providers Clinical Support System Clinical expert, discusses the incorrect notion that treating an addiction patient with medication is simply exchanging one drug with another. Physical dependence is not the same as addiction. Read more