Expanded methadone access: giving patients greater choice
WASHINGTON — Nicholas Voyles, executive director of the Indiana Recovery Alliance, ended up missing his daily dose of methadone on Monday. He’d requested “guest dosing” before traveling to Washington, but discovered that day that the paperwork hadn’t been processed yet. Although he has requested guest doses in clinics across America, Voyles told an audience at the STAT policy in health care meeting, the process has only worked a single time.
“A paperwork misplacement allowed me not to dose,” Volyes said. “For me, it’s a little different. I’ve been taking methadone for a long time. But if I was a year in or something, this would be withdrawal — acute withdrawal.”
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