Prescribing Opioid Agonists: Unpacking Methadone, Buprenorphine & Naltrexone

Grasp the essentials of opioid agonist therapy, from understanding the core pharmacology to the logistics of prescribing. Vital for U.S. clinicians with the new mandate on training for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders.

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[zeewal]

Very insightful I work in methadone and helps me study

[dereks]

Great helpful video, I do have one concern. The naloxone in suboxone does not give as high of an affinity for the mu opioid receptor that buprenorphine has, therefore the naxolone will technically not knock off the bupe bc bupe is stronger if abused.

[anthonybrown]

Who do we talk to for further questions?

[PhillipVisagie]

hi from south africa. Wanted to find out if I can use contrave instead of Suboxone? It is very difficult to locate here.