<p>Have you ever been worried that when you prescribe a controlled substance that your patient might sell it on the street or to a friend? Of course you have. What about when you prescribe buprenorphine? In this episode we review the topic of buprenorphine diversion - how common is it, and what actually happens when patients use diverted buprenorphine?</p>

Have you ever been worried that when you prescribe a controlled substance that your patient might sell it on the street or to a friend? Of course you have. What about when you prescribe buprenorphine? In this episode we review the topic of buprenorphine diversion - how common is it, and what actually happens when patients use diverted buprenorphine?

Episode 53 - Is the buprenorphine you prescribe going to end up on the street?

<p>Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*</p>

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Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*

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