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Podcast: The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
Episode: #187 Buprenorphine Master Class: Managing Opioid Use Disorder for the Generalist
Description: How to initiate buprenorphine like a pro. Treating people with Opioid Use Disorder can be the most rewarding part of your practice! Get comfortable with counseling and pharmacotherapy for OUD with tips from Dr. Michael Fingerhood, Associate Professor of Medicine at Public Health at Johns Hopkins. We review building a therapeutic relationship with people with substance use disorders, the differences between the three FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (buprenorphine, methadone and extended-release naltrexone), and the nitty-gritty of prescribing buprenorphine. ACP members can claim CME-MOC credit at https://www.acponline.org/curbsiders (CME goes live at 0900 ET on...