Opioid Addiction and Its Treatment - Dr. Belis Aladag
University of California, Los Angeles via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
About my background in addiction
Addiction: An evolving concept
Addiction is Addiction
Opioid Addiction Opioid Dependence
Withdrawal
Prevalent and deadly
Health crisis which is not well understood
What are the treatment modalities?
History of Methadone
Intro to Methadone
Moming dosing at a Methadone Clinic
Overdose fatalities
Detox versus Methadone
Cost matters
Along comes Buprenorphine in 2002
Full vs Partial vs Antagonist at Receptor
Suboxone versus Subutex
Methadone versus Suboxone continued
Treatment retention
Resources used in this presentation
Taught by
UCLA Health