Opiate Addiction: Medically Assisted Treatment, Focus Buprenorphine

Dr. Kunkel discusses the newly FDA approved implantable Buprernorphine rod, Probuphine, with Braeburn Pharmaceutical heads, Behshad Sheldon and Sonnie Kim. 

Bunavail - the new buprenorphone combination product, a buccal-film, is discussed with the marketing team at BioDelivery Sciences, including challenges and the company's hopes for future directions. 

Interview with Robert DeLuca - President, Orexo Pharmaceuticals. Discuss the Buprenorphine combination product: Zubsolv, including what makes it different and what else it's creators, Orexo Pharmaceuticals, has been doing to combat the Opiate Addiction

Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Problems are compared in this discussion of Methadone vs Buprenorphine Treatment with MedTech Healthcare Group Founder and CEO, Marc Roup

Interview with Mike Madden, MD - Gateway Health Plan Compare types of MAT, discuss future directions and find out what Health Plans are doing to combat bad practices with Chief Medical Officer of Gateway Health Plan, Dr. Michael Madden. 

The bias and stigma of addiction as well as the huge benefits of the Lifesaving Overdose Drug, Narcan are discussed with Stuart Fisk, CRNP: Director of Operations for the Center of Inclusion Health and Nurse Practitioner with the Positive Health Clinic, both part of the Allegheny Health Network. *Links Mentioned in the Podcast:www.bitly.com/ARSNARCAN www.bitly.com/ARSNARCAN911 www.bitly.com/ARSNARCANBOOK

Interview with Richard Stripp, PhD - Cordant Health Solutions Oral Fluid, Urine, and Blood Toxicology Testing, including reliability, patient compliance and substitution/adulteration are discussed with Chief Toxicologist at Cordant Health Solutions, Dr. Richard Stripp.

Interview with James Schuster, MD - Community Care Behavioral Health  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy including regulations and the complications of dual diagnosis in the Treatment of Opiate Addiction are discussed with Dr. James Schuster, Chief Medical Officer of CCBH

Interview with Neil Capretto, MD - Gateway Rehabilitaton  Opiate Addiction Treatment including: Buprenorphine, Methadone, Detox, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are all discussed in this inaugrual podcast of Opiate Addiction: Medically Assisted Treatment, Focus Buprenorphine.  Dr. Frank Kunkel, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Accessible Recovery Services, discusses the ins and outs of this difficult area of medicine with Dr. Neil Capretto, Medical Director of Gateway Rehabilitation