BUPRENORPHINE FOR ADDICTION:

October 26th, 2008 | Category: Opiate Addiction

A just-published survey found that three years after approval of buprenorphine for office-based addiction treatment, 90% of addiction specialists were “waivered” and two-thirds prescribed it. It is sad - but understandable - that the authors ignored non-psychiatrists considering they anticipated they would be (even!) less likely “to

know about and have interest in prescribing buprenorphine.”
(CP Thomas and co-authors; Psych Services 59:909-916, 2008) A resource largely ignored by addiction specialists and other psychiatrists. Among psychiatrists not specializing in addiction, however, fewer than 10% prescribed buprenorphine.

Original post by RGNewman, MD

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