Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment

Published March 16, 2014

Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment
While methadone and buprenorphine restrict one's ability to get high on narcotics, they do nothing to inhibit the use of benzodiazepines, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol or any other mood-altering substance. Those who do not examine and … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Health And Human Services Committee Introduces Bills that Take Aim at …
The legislation also calls for health insurance coverage of medications like Suboxone and buprenorphine that can be used to treat addiction to opioids. In addition, the legislation would call for health care settings to put into place discharge plans … Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

Killing Pain: Script by Script
Petros Levounis, MD, a New Jersey addiction specialist, said he thought it was "crazy" that under federal law only physicians, and not nurse practitioners and physician assistants, can prescribe buprenorphine [Suboxone], a drug used to treat opioid … Read more on MedPage Today

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