A Tool for Opioid Use Disorders in the Emergency Department – Buprenorphine, Suboxone

Source: California American College of Emergency Physicians

This 2 page guide from the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians provides a brief overview of administering buprenorphine or suboxone to patients in the emergency department. for treatment of opioid withdrawal. Not a guide for long term medication assisted treatment induction, but a brief overview of when and how to use these medications in an emergency department setting.

Funding Source:  California Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

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A Tool for Opioid Use Disorders in the Emergency Department - Buprenorphine, Suboxone

A brief guide for emergency department physicians in administering buprenorphine or suboxone to emergency department patients.