Seeking Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
June 03, 2019Seeking Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
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- Multiple attempts at treatment are often necessary and there is always hope for change
- Recognizing signs and symptoms of opioid withdrawal
- Initiating buprenorphine in the ED
- Urine testing positive for opioids
- Assessing withdrawal with the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
- Obtaining liver function tests
- Administering the first dose of buprenorphine
- Referral to ongoing opioid agonist maintenance treatment
- Harm reduction strategies, Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND)
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