Medication for opioid use disorder: Our best chance to turn the tide on overdose deaths

08/10/22 • 41 min

In this episode of MedBoard Matters, host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with two of North Carolina's leading experts and educators in utilizing medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Dr. Robyn Jordan and Dr. Shuchin Shukla talk about the various trainings available in our state and how stigma and hesitance to prescribe buprenorphine or methadone should not interfere with providers offering this life-saving treatment option.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
NCMB MAT Resource page
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guests: Dr. Robyn Jordan and Dr. Shuchin Shukla
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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08/10/22 • 41 min

MedBoard Matters - Medication for opioid use disorder: Our best chance to turn the tide on overdose deaths

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For the past couple of years, the opioid overdose crisis has understandably taken a backseat to COVID-19. But of course, it didn't go away. Sadly, opioid overdose visits to North Carolina emergency rooms have continued to rise. And while overdose deaths in our state fell in 2018 and plateaued in 2019, they rose 40% in 2020, according to data released in March by the North Carolina Department of Health a

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