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"Just give them a choice": Patients' perspectives on starting medications for opioid use disorder in the ED.

Elizabeth M SchoenfeldLauren M WestaferSamantha A BeckBenjamin G PoteeSravanthi VysettyCaty SimonJillian M TozloskiAbigail L GirardinWilliam E Soares
Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)
Although participants were supportive of offering buprenorphine in the ED, many felt that methadone should also be offered. They felt that treatment should be tailored to an individual's needs and circumstances and clarified what factors might be important considerations for people with OUD.
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