Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

A Primary Care Response to COVID‐19 for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder

Description
Discusses the challenges of treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights decisions made by primary care physicians regarding harm reduction related to COVID-19 that may have detrimental effects for OUD patient.
Author(s)
Courtenay Gilmore Wilson, Melinda Ramage, E. Blake Fagan
Citation
Journal of Rural Health, 37(1), 169-171
Date
01/2021
Type
Document
Tagged as
COVID-19 · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina