About 16% of scrips written for buprenorphine in California came from an ER doctor in 2022, up from only 2% in 2017, researchers reported recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Patients who struggle with opioid addiction and who are treated by California emergency department physicians are remarkably successful at achieving long-term engagement in treatment and recovery, ...

Buprenorphine (as HCl) 2mg, 8mg; sublingual tabs. Dissolve under tongue; do not swallow tabs. Avoid food or drinks until tab dissolves. Rinse teeth/gums with water after tab dissolves, and swallow ...

It’s a medication called Buprenorphine ... this treatment at the 911 call and in the community, and bypass the ER, and reconnect people to treatment directly is what our country needs ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that restricting telehealth prescriptions for opioid use disorder could keep thousands from accessing buprenorphine, a medication that helps people recover ...

Although nearly midnight, the team members, known as “Night Navigators,” connected him via telephone to the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s (SFDPH) telehealth buprenorphine ...

Sublocade is a buprenorphine-containing long-acting injectable medicine that reduces cravings and withdrawal by partially triggering opioid receptors and preventing stronger opioids from attaching ...

More ER doctors in California are handing out prescriptions for the anti-opioid med buprenorphine About 16% of scrips for buprenorphine came from an ER doc in 2022, up from 2% five years earlier ...

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