Clinical Aspects of Buprenorphine Therapy

IHIP

In this webinar, clinicians from two Ryan White clinics with successful buprenorphine programs describe what buprenorphine is and how it works. Also addressed:

  • What opioids do to the brain
  • How Buprenorphine differs from Methadone
  • Important drug-drug interactions
  • The concept of precipitated withdrawal and how to recognize it
  • How to determine patient eligibility
  • Clinical aspects of working with opioid-addicted people living with HIV

Presenters

  • Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez, MD, (CORE Center in Chicago)
  • Jacqueline Tulsky, MD (University of California at San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital)

Learn more about integrating buprenorphine into HIV primary care settings. Visit the Integrating HIV Innovative Practices webpage.

Supporting Files

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Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings: Tools from the Integrating HIV Innovative Practices Program

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Practical training and implementation tools derived from the RW community

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