The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Made-in-Canada approach to opioid addiction gets international attention
July 19, 2016 | CTV News
VANCOUVER – A made-in-Canada approach to treating opioid addiction is garnering positive international attention from one of the world’s most widely circulated medical publications. The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a review of guidelines developed by a pair of health...
BC lifts restrictions to opioid addiction treatment drug
July 19, 2016 | The Ubyssey
Starting this month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC lifted a regulation barrier that will improve access to Suboxone, a drug that is used to treat opioid addiction. Opioids are a class of drugs that include heroin, fentanyl and morphine. While many opioids are often prescribed as power...
BC approach to opioid addiction gets nod from prominent medical journal
July 19, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
A made-in-Canada approach to treating opioid addiction is garnering positive international attention from one of the world’s most widely circulated medical publications. The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a review of guidelines developed by a pair of health authorities i...
On the record with Dr. Seonaid Nolan
July 15, 2016 | The Vancouver Courier
Q&A with Dr. Seonaid Nolan, physician lead for addiction medicine at St. Paul’s Since 2007, Canadian health care providers, addiction experts and social workers have been calling on regulatory bodies to lift barriers that limit access to Suboxone, a substitute opioid used to counter opioid add...
Le Telejournal: interview with Dr. Keith Ahamad on addiction treatment
July 11, 2016 | ICI Radio
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