Episode 53 - Is the buprenorphine you prescribe going to end up on the street?
Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
English - June 01, 2023 13:08 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Have you ever been worried that when you prescribe a controlled substance that your patient might sell it on the street or to a friend? Of course you have. What about when you prescribe buprenorphine? In this episode we review the topic of buprenorphine diversion - how common is it, and what actually happens when patients use diverted buprenorphine?