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Medication-Assisted Therapy Is More Than Just Buprenorphine

By Evan Schwarz, MD, FACEP, FACMT; and R. Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM | on January 14, 2019 | 0 Comment
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Medication-Assisted Therapy Is More Than Just Buprenorphine

Dr. Waller is a fellow at The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs and managing partner at Complex Care Consulting LLC. Dr. Schwarz is associate professor of emergency medicine and medical toxicology section chief at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 01 – January 2019

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