Opioid Use Disorder - Telephone Consultation

Opioid dependence is a growing clinical and public health problem throughout Canada, including our province. Practitioners managing persons with opioid use disorder, where there are no in-house supports for opioid use disorder (OUD) management now have access to expert consultation with an opioid use disorder physician specialist over the phone.

This telephone consult service is for primary care physicians and prescribers seeking advice regarding:

• initiating and managing opioid agonist therapy
• prescribing drugs like buprenorphine / naloxone, methadone or naloxone
• treating patients with existing opioid use disorder
• managing opioid withdrawal and consideration of opioid agonist therapy

This consult service will not provide advice on pain management using opioids or alternatives.

Primary care providers wanting to consult a pain management specialist may benefit from resources listed by the Calgary Pain Management Centre.