“Your Community Is Here for You” Opioid use disorder program being modeled nationwide By Ellen Goldbaum and David Hill
Less than a decade ago, the standard of care for treating patients with opioid use disorder in emergency departments was, for the most part, ineffective. Those experiencing withdrawal were typically given non-narcotic drugs, which did little to assuage their symptoms, and, at discharge, were handed a list of phone numbers for treatment clinics. Sometimes patients later discovered that the phone numbers were incorrect.
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