Polysubstance use
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This website provides a "Drug Interactions Checker" that explains drug interactions. Furthermore, the significance level of the drug interaction is classified as major, moderate, or minor drug interactions. You can also check for food/lifestyle and disease interactions.
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Drugs.com (Drugs Information Online)
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The ASI Self-Report Form asks questions about the following topics: your background and employment, your health and family relationships, your legal situation, and your drug and alcohol use.
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Center for Health Care Evaluation (CHCE)
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Developed by a consensus panel, these guidelines provide treatment recommendations for patients with dual disorders.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA
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- Screening and diagnosis
- Special populations
- Managing challenging patients
- Addiction
- Assessment
- Behavioral therapy
- Comorbidities
- Complicated patients
- Dependence
- Drug interactions
- Expert panel
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapy
- Pharmacy
- Polysubstance use
- Psychiatric
- Psychosocial
- Referral
- Relapse
- Risk factors
- Screening
- Side effects
- Special populations
- Symptoms
- Tolerance
- Withdrawal
- Treatment Algorithm
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
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This short paragraph on why patients should not combine buprenorphine with sedatives, especially benzodiazapines.
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suboxoneheretohelp.com (3 votes)
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This article discusses the abuse and misuse of psychoactive drugs among adults over the age of 50.
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American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy (3 votes)
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This chapter provides information on using buprenorphine in patients who have special circumstances, including patients who have comorbid medical conditions or pain, pregnant patients, and adolescents.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (3 votes)
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This document describes how to manage medications for co-occuring psychiatric disorders in a patient receiving buprenorphine.
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Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS) (3 votes)
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Discusses the prevalence and effects of common combinations of polysubstance abuse in opioid addicts.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Association (SAMHSA) (3 votes)
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