by Pollen Williamson | Aug 10, 2018 | Content
A new tool to assist clinicians looking to implement medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is now available. Created by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Science to Medicine: Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder houses easily...
by Pollen Williamson | Aug 10, 2018 | Content
In response to the Perspective article in the February 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Jana Burson provides her take on the overuse of benzodiazepines, particularly in her part of western of North Carolina. Since the United States is not the only...
by Pollen Williamson | Aug 10, 2018 | Content
In an effort to combat the opioid addiction crisis, North Carolina last year ordered doctors to use a statewide prescription drug database to see what opioids a patient has already been prescribed. Many physicians say it’s too time-consuming, but while hospitals...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 30, 2018 | Content
Dr. Hillary Kunins, a PCSS Clinical expert, dispels the notion that treating an addiction patient with medication is simply exchanging one drug with another. Learn how physical dependence is not the same as addiction. A good video to share with patients and their...
by Pollen Williamson | Jul 30, 2018 | Content
A Perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine addresses the nation’s, “Other Prescription Drug Problem.” The epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose has appropriately garnered national attention and led to concerted efforts to reduce overprescribing...
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