Canada's guideline on managing opioid use updated to expand

Canada's guideline on managing opioid use updated to expand first like treatments

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The guideline is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The lead author on this updated is Igor Yakovenko. He is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, where he studies addictive behaviours. Mainstreet's Alex Guye. To hear more about the update and what changes were made to its recommendations, Alex Guye gave professor Yakovenko a call. Here's part of their conversation.

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