Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Crothers, Jacob, MD
• Petterson, Stephen, PhD
• Bazemore, Andrew, MD, MPH
• Wingrove, Peter, BS

Titel

Family Medicine: An Underutilized Resource in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic?

Ist Teil von

• American family physician, 2016-09, Vol.94 (5), p.350-350

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Opioid overdose rates have tripled since 2000, and although overprescribing of opioids by physicians is widely accepted as a causal factor, the physician's role in providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder is less appreciated. Despite a clear willingness to prescribe opioids, few family physicians (FPs) have the necessary certification to treat opioid use disorder with buprenorphine, an effective, evidence-based treatment.