Induction and dosing
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PDF of Commonly Used CPT Codes in Primary Care
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Clinical Tools, Inc.
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- Getting a waiver/setting up your practice
- Screening and diagnosis
- Induction and dosing
- Logistics of buprenorphine treatment
- Insurance and billing issues
- Billing
- CPT
- Drug codes
- HCPCSs
- Induction
- Buprenorphine treatment for heroin addiction
- Printable form/checklist
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Setting up a practice
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Journal abstract that examines whether there's an association of ethnicity and race with treatment response to buprenorphine.
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Brown, et al., Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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This document discusses the evidence for buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependent adolescents and young adults. It provides treatment recommendations, and highlights special issues that should be considered when treating this special population.
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Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS)
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- General information - buprenorphine
- Induction and dosing
- Stabilization and maintenance
- Special populations
- Addiction
- Adolescents
- Comorbidities
- Dependence
- Detoxification
- Diagnosis
- Dosing
- Hepatitis
- Heroin
- HIV/AIDS
- Induction
- Maintenance
- Overdose
- Precautions
- Psychosocial
- Relapse
- Side effects
- Special populations
- Suboxone
- Withdrawal
- Treatment Algorithm
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides this website so that physicians can improve the deliver and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services to patients.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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- General information - opioid addiction
- General information - buprenorphine
- Screening and diagnosis
- Induction and dosing
- Rules, regulations and recordkeeping
- Physician and staff training
- Addiction
- Adolescents
- Dependence
- Pharmacotherapy
- Screening
- Side effects
- Tolerance
- Withdrawal
- Misc. informational materials
- Patient education materials
- Becoming waivered
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
- Setting up a practice
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This article provides guidance on the management and treatment of acute pain in patients receiving buprenorphine/naloxone.
Source:
Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS)
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- General information - buprenorphine
- Induction and dosing
- Stabilization and maintenance
- Special populations
- Logistics of buprenorphine treatment
- Addiction
- Dependence
- Discontinuation
- Dosing
- Induction
- Maintenance
- Methadone
- Pain
- Pharmacology
- Relapse
- Special populations
- Suboxone
- Withdrawal
- Treatment Algorithm
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
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Buprenorphine tablets are approved for the treatment of opiate dependence. Buprenorphine treats opiate addiction by preventing symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and other opiates.
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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This 2009 article discusses a study of home induction for buprenorphine treatment; the results supported the hypothesis that home induction is a feasible and safe option.
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J Gen Intern Med.
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This document discusses the logistics of successful buprenorphine induction, offering insight into clinical questions that should be addressed, the goal of induction, general principles, and recommendations based on low and high levels of evidence. Recommendations are included for both in-office and at-home inductions.
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Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS) (2 votes)
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This abstract discusses a study done on the feasibility of an unobserved buprenorphine induction protocol. The study involved 103 patients who were heroin users and prescription opioid misusers, and discusses safety and rates of complications from induction through follow-up.
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Journal of General Internal Medicine (2 votes)
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This is a basic form that helps physicians keep track of when and what quantity of buprenorphine they dispense.
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American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) (3 votes)
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