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Buprenorphine Implementation Toolkit
- Introduction
- Why buprenorphine?
- Starting or improving a buprenorphine treatment program
- Securing buy-in
- Recruiting physicians
- Paying for buprenorphine
- Addressing concerns about diversion
- Developing and improving processes
- Sample forms
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- Searchable database of buprenorphine news and information
- Videos: Buprenorphine Barriers
Education and Training
Administrative and clinical staff and clients
For administrators, staff and clients, consider showing brief videos that describe the benefits of medication-assisted treatment, such as this one, produced by Plan Your Recovery:
Offer training presentations
Invite a local treatment provider or a doctor who specializes in addiction medicine to talk to staff and clients, covering the following topics:
- Addiction as a chronic disease rather than a moral failing
- The difference between addiction and physical dependence
- How MAT is not replacing one drug for another
- What buprenorphine is and how it works
- Guidelines for duration of treatment
- The tapering process
- Improved outcomes with longer treatment w/buprenorphine
Testimonials
Information can reduce the stigma related to using buprenorphine, but lived experience and real-world success stories can also change attitudes.
- Share videos of clients who have achieved recovery from opioid addiction with buprenorphine treatment.
- Invite members of local medication-assisted recovery support groups to give in-person presentations.
Education and Training Resources
ATTC Network
- Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals
- HealtheKnowledge: Supporting Recovery with Medications for Addiction Treatment
ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog
- Eight ways to overcome resistance to medication-assisted treatment
- Making MAT a rountine part of addiction care
- Making the case for MAT
American Society of Addiction Medicine
NAADAC
- New Innovations with Opioid Treatment: Buprenorphine
Specifically for the criminal justice system:
- Educating Drug Courts on Medication-assisted Treatment Online Course: Nine modules on medication assisted treatment will be available on www.ndcrc.org