{"id":31206,"date":"2017-07-07T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/hospital-holds-qa-session-on-opioid-treatment\/"},"modified":"2017-07-07T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T00:18:00","slug":"hospital-holds-qa-session-on-opioid-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/hospital-holds-qa-session-on-opioid-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital holds Q&#038;A session on opioid treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those interested in Bartlett Regional Hospital&rsquo;s new opioid addiction treatment have two more chances to learn about it.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital has held three question and answer sessions about the treatment, which is an office-based treatment that uses a drug called Buprenorphine (the brand name, Suboxone, is more recognizable) to stabilize brain chemistry as addicts attempt to stay sober. The fourth question and answer session will take place at 6 p.m. Monday at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>The informational session is meant to teach the public about the program and also tell people how to seek help for a friend or family member dealing with opioid addiction. The Rainforest Recovery Center <a href=\"http:\/\/juneauempire.com\/news\/2017-05-26\/juneau-doctors-add-new-approach-opiate-addiction-treatment\" target=\"_blank\">has been employing the office-based treatment since mid-April<\/a> in an attempt to increase access to treatment and make it easier for patients to go through treatment while still going about their everyday lives. <\/p>\n<p><em>Correction: An earlier version of this article <span style=\"color: black;\">stated<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">that<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Bartlett<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Regional<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Hospital<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">was<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">holding<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">fourth<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">and<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">final<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">question<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">and<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">answer<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">session<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">opioid<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">treatment<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">that<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">evening.<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">There<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">will<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">be<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">one<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">more<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">session<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Monday,<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">July<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">24<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">from<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">6-7<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">p.m.<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">at<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Mendenhall<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Valley<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Public<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Library.<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">The<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Empire<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">regrets<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">error.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: black;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those interested in Bartlett Regional Hospital&rsquo;s new opioid addiction treatment have two more chances to learn about it. The hospital has held three question and answer sessions about the treatment, which is an office-based treatment that uses a drug called Buprenorphine (the brand name, Suboxone, is more recognizable) to stabilize brain chemistry as addicts attempt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-31206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31206"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=31206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}