Addiction in the family: Two Indigenous families overcoming barriers to opioid agonist therapy

Case study
by
Lawford, Karen & Adam Newman

Release Date

2022

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Findings/Key points

The cases presented here demonstrate the use of buprenorphine opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD), which is now recognized as a safe and effective first-line treatment.

Keywords

Indigenous
Substitution/OAT
Parents/caregivers