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Maine Hospital Prescribing Medication For Opioid Addicts Who Seek ER Treatment
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:03:56
Publish Date: 2018-05-07 16:30:26
Description: Until recently, the most that Mid Coast Hospital could do for patients showing up in the ER with opioid use disorder was to hand them a phone number to call for long-term help. But last fall, the hospital started something new in Maine and around the country — it started giving patients a dose of Suboxone, medication used to treat opioid addiction, and connecting them to other services.
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