Buprenorphine, the Opioid Epidemic, and the Emergency Provider

Check out our post on the Down East EM blog for shownotes, references, and more.

 

The reality of America’s opioid addiction and overdose problem has reached the lay press. As overdose deaths begin to outpace car accidents as the #1 cause of accidental deaths, the Opioid Crisis has people’s attention.

How we deal with this epidemic in the Emergency Department has been a topic of hot debate, both in publication and in the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) world.

To dive into these topics, we sat down with Dr. Ken Starr, an Emergency and Addiction medicine specialist, to review buprenorphine. 

 

Author: Jason Hine MD and Ken Starr MD

Peer Review: Jeff Holmes MD