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Managing Benzodiazepine Use in Medication-Assisted Treatment

Written by Jessica Williams | May 2, 2018

The Need Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are widely used and misused in conjunction with medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The frequency with which MAT patients concurrently use BZDs carries major risk of harm, including mortality. In Philadelphia, BZD abuse in MAT programs as a long term problem that seemed to be expanding in severity and scope. There is a […]

Determining Appropriate Drug Testing Practices for Patients with Addiction

Written by Jessica Williams | February 18, 2018

Although drug testing occurs in nearly every addiction treatment setting, there is a lack of evidence-based guidance.

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