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*A Note on Language
We honor these stories by not adjusting the language people used to share their own experiences. However, some of the videos contain language that can perpetuate stigma toward people with substance use disorders. As healthcare workers, we should use person-first language to reduce stigma and bias when discussion addiction. Not doing so leads to worse outcomes and experiences. Please review this NIDA page on person-first language for preferred terms to use when talking to and about people who use drugs.
Medications for addiction treatment are not only safe and effective – they're lifesaving.
Medications for addiction treatment including buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone save lives and improve outcomes. They are some of the most effective medications we have in medicine, and the hospital is the perfect time to offer and initiate them. These medications are an important first step for many to achieve their recovery goals.
The wonderful thing about those medications is they're incredibly effective at saving people's lives. 50% reduction in risk of overall death, risk of overdose, and there are very few other medications that you see that efficacy.
- Johanna Sluser, NP
