Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Neurology and Beyond.

Driving the overdose epidemic, a significant proportion of adult and adolescent patients seen in neurology practice and hospital settings has substance use disorder. Fortunately, there are effective treatments available, in particular for opioid addiction. Some elements of treatment can be delivered directly in medical office-based settings, while others are best provided from within specialized addiction treatment facilities.

Operationalizing the new DEA exception: A novel process for dispensing of methadone for opioid use disorder at discharge from acute care settings.

Purpose: To describe one strategy for dispensing of methadone at emergency department (ED) and hospital discharge implemented within 2 urban academic medical centers.

Summary: Expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) is a national priority. ED visits and hospitalizations offer an opportunity to initiate or continue these lifesaving medications, including methadone and buprenorphine.

Opioid treatment program prescribing of methadone with community pharmacy dispensing: Pilot study of feasibility and acceptability.

Access to methadone for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States remains limited to regulated and certified Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs). Collaboration between OTPs and community pharmacies would increase access to and potentially satisfaction with methadone delivery. While it remains illegal for prescribers to write, and pharmacies to dispense, methadone when the indication is OUD, the present pilot study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of using community pharmacies to dispense methadone prescribed by OTP physicians (in tablet formulation) to a subset of clinically stable OTP patients; all other treatment services were delivered within the OTP.