Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder
FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast
English - September 06, 2023 12:38 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 222 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education Courses emergency covid covidcast foam foamed medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is commonly encountered in the ED and visits related to alcohol are estimated to be ~4% of all ED visits in the US. Despite this, most EDs offer little support and harm reduction for patients with AUD. In this podcast, we review naltrexone, the first-line medication for patients with AUD, which is starting to be initiated in US EDs by emergency clinicians.
References and show notes: FOAMcast.org
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Lauren Westafer