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All Indian Health Service facilities are drafting action plans for patients to seek medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. That’s significant because it could mean more IHS patients would have access to methadone, Subutex and other drugs that are showing some promise in combination with behavioral therapy. IHS Principal Deputy Director Michael D. Weahkee set a December deadline for the plans. We’ll talk with doctors as well as people in addiction recovery about treating opioid addiction with medication.
Guests:
Dr. Snehal Bhatt – chief of addiction psychiatry at the University of New Mexico
Kailee Fretland (White Earth Nation) – acting director of pharmacy at the Red Lake Indian Health Service
Madison Giroux (Rosebud Sioux) – guest coordinator at the Madison House (sober living facility)
Dr. David Sprenger – program director of TeleWell Indian Health Medication Assisted Treatment Project
Break 1 Music: In Beauty (The Remix) (song) Primeaux & Mike (artist) Road to Peace (album)
Break 2 Music: Happy Sundance (song) Dallas Arcand (artist) Modern Day Warrior (album)
