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Medication‐assisted treatment for hospitalized patients with intravenous‐drug‐use related infective endocarditis
Author(s) -
Suzuki Joji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/ajad.12349
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , buprenorphine , methadone , intravenous drug , opioid use disorder , injection drug use , retrospective cohort study , referral , endocarditis , emergency medicine , drug , methadone maintenance , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , opioid , family medicine , drug injection , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , receptor
Background and Objectives A feared complication of opioid use disorder (OUD) is intravenous drug use related infective endocarditis (IDU‐IE). We report on our experience engaging hospitalized IDU‐IE patients to initiate medication‐assisted treatment (MAT). Methods A retrospective study ( n = 29) using descriptive statistics. Results Overall, 9 (31.0%) successfully initiated buprenorphine maintenance during the hospitalization, and 9 (31.0%) accepted a referral to methadone maintenance following discharge. Eleven (37.9%) declined MAT altogether. Discussion and Conclusions Hospitalizations may represent an important opportunity to engage IDU‐IE patients to initiate MAT. Scientific Significance The study provides preliminary support of engaging hospitalized IDU‐IE patients to initiate MAT. (Am J Addict 2016;25:191–194)