Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration…
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Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration... -
Few U.S. Doctors Can Legally Prescribe Buprenorphine
Fewer than one in 10 primary care providers in the U.S. can prescribe the opioid-addiction medication buprenorphine,... -
By the Numbers: the DEA-X Waiver
102,570 Total number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver in the United States (source) 80% reduction in...
Few U.S. Doctors Can Legally Prescribe Buprenorphine
Fewer than one in 10 primary care providers in the U.S. can prescribe the opioid-addiction medication buprenorphine,…
By the Numbers: the DEA-X Waiver
102,570 Total number of physicians with a DEA-X waiver in the United States (source) 80% reduction in…
Now Available: New Point-of-Care Tools for Buprenorphine, AFIB
ACEP recently added two new point-of-care (POC) tools to its growing library. BUPE is a quick and…
In States with Most Overdose Deaths, Poor Patients Struggle to Find Treatment
Poor people with opioid use disorders may struggle to find doctors to prescribe the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine…
ED-Initiated Medication-Assisted Therapy: 1 Hospital’s Experience
By now, you would literally have to be living under a rock not to be aware of…
Five Steps to Help You Manage Opioid Use Disorder Patients
From 2002 to 2017, there has been more than a fourfold increase in the total number of…
Reader Raises 2 Issues with Buprenorphine Article
I am writing in response to the article “Buprenorphine Explained, And Opioid Addiction Treatment Tips” published in…
ACEP Participates in Buprenorphine Discussion
On Oct. 4, 2018, ACEP participated in a meeting along with 10 other provider groups to discuss…
Suboxone 101: The Skinny on This Opioid-Dependence Drug
Suboxone is a sublingual (SL) film dosage form containing a partial opioid agonist (buprenorphine) and an opioid antagonist (naloxone) for treating opioid dependence.1…