The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Managing opioid use disorder: a national clinical practice guideline
March 05, 2018 | Soundcloud
In this podcast, Dr. Evan Wood and Dr. Keith Ahamad discuss the new guideline on management of opioid use disorder published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Dr. Wood and Dr. Ahamad are two specialists who work in the thick of the opioid crisis. They are also two of the authors of the gu...
Opioid addiction should be treated with medication, says new medical guideline
March 05, 2018 | Global News
TORONTO – A network of doctors has developed a new Canadian guideline for managing opioid use disorder, including a recommendation of which replacement medication should first be used to treat those addicted to the powerful narcotics. The guideline, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Associa...
New Canadian guidelines for managing opioid disorders
March 05, 2018 | The Jon McComb Show
A new Canadian guideline for managing opioid use disorders lays out the optimal strategies for the treatment of opioid addiction, including recommending opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine–naloxone as the preferred first-line treatment. Guest: Dr. Evan Wood, Director of the BC Centre on S...
Province says staggering welfare cheques has “some merit,” but awaits study before making a decision
March 02, 2018 | CBC News
Paramedics and police chiefs support the concept, but there’s no evidence it would reduce total overdoses The minister in charge of poverty reduction in B.C. says not having a single day when social assistance cheques are distributed is intriguing, but the government won’t make a decision this y...
Expanding medical treatment options for opioid addiction
March 02, 2018 | heretohelp
Every day in Canada, 16 people are hospitalized as a result of an overdose. Seven people in the country will die. That’s every single day. More than 3,000 deaths due to overdose are anticipated in Canada in 2017 alone. Here in British Columbia, the staggering increase in the number of overdoses le...
