ACMT Highlights Tox-in-Ten: Episode 68
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Harm Reduction - Rapid Inpatient Methadone Initiations in the Fentanyl Era
In this episode Dr. Gillian Beauchamp sits down with Dr. Robert “Cole” Pueringer to discuss 3 key features of fentanyl which lead to high opioid tolerance. This high opioid tolerance can lead to more severe withdrawal syndromes and difficulty with initiating buprenorphine or methadone. Rapid inpatient methadone initiation may be more effective that outpatient initiation.
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ACMT members Gillian Beauchamp, MD, and Elizabeth (Elissa) Moore, DO deliver evidence-based medical toxicology core content and trending topics in easily digestible bites. Visit toxinten.com and follow on Twitter @toxinten.
Gillian Beauchamp, MD, FACMT, FASAM (Moderator)
Vice Chair, Education & Community Engagement
Lehigh Valley Health Network, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Jefferson Health
Gillian Beauchamp, MD, is Vice Chair for Education and Community Engagement in the Lehigh Valley Health Network Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine & Division of Medical Toxicology. She is an Associate Professor at USF Morsani College of Medicine, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Jefferson University. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. She is an Editorial board member for Toxicology Communications and a Reviews Section Editor and Editorial board member for the Journal of Medical Toxicology; and is co-host for the Tox in Ten: ACMT Highlights podcast.