Addiction Toxicology Case Conference - July 2023

Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Their Ensuing Challenges

Case 1: A 53 year old female with opioid use disorder is prescribed diazepam and buprenorphine for two months while in an inpatient treatment facility and is discharged without a plan for continuation and a 7 day prescription that ends abruptly.

Case 2: A 63 year old M professional has several recurrent visits at a MS level detoxification facility for severe alcohol dependence and noted to have frequent brief prescriptions for lorazepam 2 mg po tid.

Series Moderators

• Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, DFASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert), Director of Toxicology and of the Toxicology Consult Service, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY  
• Gloria J. Baciewicz, MD (ASAM Expert), Addiction Psycharcist, Strong Recovery; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Panelists

• Leslie Dye MD, FACMT, FASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert), Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Assistant Medical Director, Wright State University/Boonshoft School of Medicine, OneFifteen, Dayton, OH
• JoAn Laes, MD, FACMT, FASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert), Addiction Staff Physician, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN
• Jade Malcho, MD, FASAM (ASAM Expert), Senior Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

About The Series: The ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference webinar series discusses Addiction/Toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Medical Toxicology.

This webinar is open to the public.