TY - JOUR
KW - Buprenorphine/therapeutic use
KW - Counseling
KW - Humans
KW - Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy
KW - Physician's Role
KW - Primary Health Care
AU - D. Loxterkamp
A1 - 
AB - The crisis of opioid addiction in America has been fueled by the diversion of prescription pain pills and the emergence of pure and inexpensive heroin. Until recently, benefits of and access to therapy were limited. This situation changed in 2003 with Food and Drug Administration approval of buprenorphine for the office-based treatment of opioid dependence. Now armed with a potent drug, primary care physicians can treat addicted patients in their own practice and from their own neighborhood, but first we must overcome deficiencies in our training and personal biases about addicts and what they need. This a report of one doctor's progress.
BT - Annals of family medicine
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1370/afm.518
IS - 2
JF - Annals of family medicine
N2 - The crisis of opioid addiction in America has been fueled by the diversion of prescription pain pills and the emergence of pure and inexpensive heroin. Until recently, benefits of and access to therapy were limited. This situation changed in 2003 with Food and Drug Administration approval of buprenorphine for the office-based treatment of opioid dependence. Now armed with a potent drug, primary care physicians can treat addicted patients in their own practice and from their own neighborhood, but first we must overcome deficiencies in our training and personal biases about addicts and what they need. This a report of one doctor's progress.
PP - United States
PY - 2006
SN - 1544-1717; 1544-1709
SP - 168
EP - 171
EP - 
T1 - Helping 'them': Our role in recovery from opioid dependence
T2 - Annals of family medicine
TI - Helping 'them': Our role in recovery from opioid dependence
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
U2 - 16569721
U3 - 10.1370/afm.518
VL - 4
VO - 1544-1717; 1544-1709
Y1 - 2006
ER -