Description
April 29, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM
Description:
- High Dose Buprenorphine Induction is a relatively novel method of buprenorphine initiation with new, emerging research supporting its effectiveness. This presentation is meant to serve as an introduction to the technique and includes important topics for consideration including selecting the appropriate patient, setting, and dosing schedule/regimen. Additionally, the presentation will review up-to-date research on the topic and touch upon the specific pharmacologic properties of buprenorphine as they relate to high dose inductions.
Learning Objectives:
- Define high dose inductions and understand the general principles of the method.
- Compare and contrast high dose inductions with other methods of buprenorphine initiation
- Understand how to select the appropriate patient and setting for high dose inductions
- Review the specific pharmacology of buprenorphine as it relates to high dose inductions
Presenters:
Nicholas Gallagher, DO, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained addiction medicine specialist who treats patients with substance use disorders at MaineGeneral Addiction Medicine, where he also serves as medical director. Before joining MaineGeneral Medical Center’s active staff in August 2020, Dr. Gallagher practiced as an emergency medicine physician at Kent Hospital in Warwick, RI while completing his fellowship in addiction medicine at Brown University in Providence, RI.
Audience: Prescribing Clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
