Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick has become the first in the state to begin prescribing Suboxone for opioid addiction in the hospital’s emergency department. The ED/ARC (Addiction Resource Center) Enhanced Referrals for Suboxone and Alcohol program allows emergency physicians to treat low-risk alcohol withdrawal and opioid withdrawal and also to begin treating patients with Suboxone while still in the emergency department, according to a release from the hospital. The program, which also includes the emergency department’s Behavioral Health Crisis Team, has shown “positive results” in its first several months, according to the hospital. Dr.

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