It is marketed under the brand name Probuphine and is the first such implant for the treatment of addiction to opioids.
Dr. Seonaid Nolan, a clinical researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use and an addiction medicine physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, said the implant is another treatment option alongside medications including Suboxone, the recommended treatment for an opioid addiction, followed by methadone.
The implant’s main advantage is that it eliminates barriers such as patients having to remember to take daily tablets of Suboxone, which can be a particular challenge for those entrenched in addiction while battling issues such as poverty, lack of housing and unemployment, she said. Nolan said one addiction-medicine doctor at St. Paul’s Hospital has been trained on how to insert the implant, considered a viable option for people being released from correctional facilities, residential treatment programs and prolonged hospital stays because their tolerance to illicit opioids would be markedly reduced, putting them at higher risk of overdose.
The agency’s drug-expert committee says the cost of the implant should not exceed the total drug plan cost of buprenorphine at a dose not exceeding eight milligrams a day.The Health Ministry in British Columbia, the hardest-hit province in the overdose crisis, with more than 3,000 fatalities over the past two years, said the province’s independent Drug Benefit Council is conducting its own review of the implant before it determines whether the cost will be covered.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Six-month implant newest option to treat addiction amid opioid crisis‘It’s so important to have a number of treatment options because there’s no one-size-fits-all for turning the tide on the opioid crisis.’
Read more »
One-man wrecking crew Brandon Lowe drives in all six runs as Rays top JaysTampa Bay’s Lowe took it to Toronto with a three-run homer, two-run double and run-scoring single in pre-season game
Read more »
Search for missing Quadriga cryptocurrency turns up six empty cold walletsA report released late Friday by court-appointed monitor Ernst and Young offered few answers for the firm’s users – owed nearly $260-million in cash and crypto-coins
Read more »
B.C. man convicted in major cross-border drug conspiracy gets six yearsTarsem Singh Jawanda pleaded guilty to conspiracy to export 12 kilograms of ecstasy to the U.S. and have a substantial amount of cocaine returned to Canada.
Read more »
Parents can expect disrupted sleep for six years after childbirth: studyNew research indicates mothers tend to sleep an hour less than normal within the first three months after childbirth, while both parents can expect sleep disruptions up to six years later.
Read more »
Ontario prosecutors seeking six years for Toronto man who tried to join Islamic State in SyriaPamir Hakimzadah, 29, pleaded guilty in early February to one count of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist activity
Read more »
Crown seeks six years for Mississauga man who sought to join ISISOntario prosecutors want a Toronto man who tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria to be sentenced to six years behind bars.
Read more »