Addiction Medicine Journal Club: Effect of Initiation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder On Hospitalization Outcomes for Endocarditis and Osteomyelitis - Audio_Episode 6

Addiction is a disease that can be treated, and these audios will help you stay up to date with the latest research that you can use in your addiction medicine practice. In each episode of Addiction Medicine Journal Club, we discuss articles or studies related to addiction.

In this episode of Addiction Medicine Journal Club, we discuss an article titled “Effect of initiation of medications for opioid use disorder on hospitalization outcomes for endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a large private hospital system in the United States, 2014–18.”

It is a retrospective study looking at how the initiation of methadone and buprenorphine in patients with opioid use disorder hospitalized with endocarditis or osteomyelitis affects their duration of antibiotic treatment, early discharges, and readmissions rates.

Article citation: Jo Y, Nosal R, Vittori A, et al. Effect of initiation of medications for opioid use disorder on hospitalization outcomes for endocarditis and osteomyelitis in a large private hospital system in the United States, 2014–18. Addiction. 2021;116:2127–2134.

In our introduction we again revisit the controversy surrounding dental problems with buprenorphine and discuss an ASAM letter to the FDA regarding the warning.

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Credits
Host: Sonya Del Tredici, MD
Host: John Keenan, MD
Music: Benjamin Kennedy
Audio Production: Angela Ohlfest
CME Coordinator: georgeanna ledgerwood, MLIS/LMT
Sponsor: WellSpan Health

References for staying up to date on addiction research and policy:
https://www.evidencealerts.com/" Evidence Alerts
https://www.asam.org/publications-resources/the-asam-weekly ASAM Weekly
https://www.asam.org/advocacy/advocacy-in-action/the-asam-advocate" ASAM Advocate

1. Discuss the study design, results, and limitations of the research reviewed and how to apply those results to current practice
2. Describe how the conclusions of the featured article affect current treatment of opioid use disorder in osteomyelitis and endocarditis
3. Describe the main results from the article regarding treatment of patients with opioid use disorder with buprenorphine or methadone when they are hospitalized for endocarditis of osteomyelitis

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.50 hours), Act 13 Patient Safety/Risk Management Credits (0.50 hours), Act 124 Opioid Continuing Education Qualified (0.50 hours)

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 1:00 AM - Sunday, December 31, 2023, 11:59 PM, Online, Lebanon, PA

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