Addiction Medicine

The Opioid Crisis

Addiction to prescription opioids and heroin has become a national emergency. This module provides clinicians with a description of the epidemic and its effective treatments.

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Screening/Testing for HCV

The USPSTF recommends screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in persons at high risk for infection. The USPSTF also recommends offering 1-time screening for HCV infection to adults born between 1945...

Post-HCV Treatment Follow-up and Reinfection

Virologic cure of hepatitis C does not mean a cure of advanced liver disease. Ongoing evaluation and management of liver disease is indicated for cirrhotic patients after achieving SVR. Non-hepatologist HCV...

Hep C: Issues in PWID

Hepatitis C treatment is often withheld from PWID due to concerns regarding adherence, perceived lack of efficacy, and perceived risk of reinfection. PWID are a difficult to reach population leading to...

HCV Screening and Linkage to Care: The Norton Experience

Current CDC guidelines recommend universal screening of patients born between 1945 and 1965 as well as other patients based on risk.

All eligible patients are not being screened and patients with...

Heroin And Fentanyl: Lab Perspective

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Therapeutic Use of KASPER and Urine Drug Screening and Testing in Clinical Practice

Responding to the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: An Epidemic of Addiction

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Where We Are, What We Know, What We Are Doing at UK

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Tips for Prescribing/Dispensing Controlled Substances Within the Law

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Reducing Stigma: The Past, Present and Future of Recovery

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Surviving Dreamland and Challenges of Opioids in Front Line Medicine

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Improving Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Through Development of Novel Formulations of Buprenorphine

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Chronic Opiate Analgesic Therapy (COAT) in a Primary Care Outpatient Clinic: Patient Perspective on Quality Improvement

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...

Laws and Regulations Applicable to APRN Prescribing of Controlled Substances

Complaints received by the Kentucky Board of Nursing about current prescribing practices of controlled substances (Schedule II, III, IV, V) by APRNs indicate a lack of knowledge regarding current Kentucky...

An Update on the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System (KASPER)

Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for...