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Article: Education Initiative on Buprenorphine Coming to Salt Lake City; Buprenorphine Considered Major Breakthrough In the Addiction to Heroin, Painkillers.
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- PR Newswire
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- April 28, 2003
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SALT LAKE CITY -- SALT LAKE CITY, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will come to Salt Lake City as part of its 14-stop education initiative, "New Paths to Recovery," to inform physicians and the public about buprenorphine, a new office-based medical treatment for addiction to prescription pain relievers and heroin. Since buprenorphine can be prescribed by primary care clinicians in their offices, it is expected to broaden access to treatment.
SAMHSA is bringing its education events to Salt Lake City because narcotic pain medications, heroin and morphine were the leading drugs mentioned in fatalities ...