by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30616-X/fulltext Comment; We need to do better. I have an admitted bias for buprenorphine. This study shows unacceptable delay in getting these folks on medication, more Naltrexone use in younger populations. If the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Uncategorized
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(19)30393-3/fulltext Comment; Great review of options with excellent recommendations to assist in choosing among buprenorphine, methadone Abstract The United States is in the midst of a national opioid epidemic....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.393 Comment; As expected, Buprenorphine is safe for adolescents, seems a safer/better choice than either Methadone or Naltrexone–all of which are effective Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80(4), 393–402...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/physician-groups-praise-panel-passage-bill-end-prior-authorization Comment; Ending Prior Authorizations for opioid treatment medications is a great start. We REALLY need to end Prior Authoriazations for ALL...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-01-22/many-addiction-centers-lack-anti-opioid-meds-study Comment; I’m not so worried about facilities offering buprenorphine, methadone AND naltrexone. What concerns me is that only about a third of centers...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/01/16/here-are-californias-new-laws-to-address-the-states-opioid-crisis/ Comment; I like that CA is working to help reduce opioid prescribing and putting more restrictions on doctors (ugh!), but they’re forgetting that most...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Judges and Lawyers Ignorant of MAT Require Urgent Education Efforts Comment; Sad that judges don’t know this basic information but good that they’re being educated! BY ELIZABETH BRICO / JANUARY 7, 2019 When Jarrod* went before a Clinton County,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Comment; It was bound to happen eventually, that insurers would see the benefit of MAT. Rush Limbaugh famously says “follow the money”. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is much more cost-effective than multiple hospitalizations, Naloxone injections &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/As-deaths-rise-NY-lawmakers-push-for-addiction-13392779.php Comment; MAT should be mandatory in all penal facilities with referral to outpatient treatment settings on release. MAT is the gold standard of care. It works!...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1813961 Comment; Details the provisions of the SUPPORT act to provide coordinated care in a variety of ways to expand treatment options and provide financing to fight the war on drug abuse. Corey S. Davis, J.D., M.S.P.H....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders is the Standard of Care Comment; This has been known for some time by those of us “in the trenches”, good to see official recognition finally occuring! Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Case_Report___28_year_old_Woman_With_Opioid_Use.99425.aspx Comment; I’m all for getting innocent babies the protection that they need from their mothers in the throes of addiction Gray,...