Harm Reduction
What is harm reduction?
What is reducing the negative consequences of a behavior without requiring abstinence?
What are the physical and mental symptoms that occur after stopping or reducing intake of a drug?
What is withdrawal?
Name one of the MAT options for alcohol
What is Vivitrol, Naltrexone, or Antabuse?
Name one of the MAT options for opioids
What is Methadone, Suboxone, Subutex, Sublocade, or Vivitrol?
Name the major MAT option for cocaine
What is Topamax?
What does MAT stand for?
What is Medication-Assisted Treatment?
What is MAT meant to reduce?
What is withdrawal or craving?
What is the injectable version of Naltrexone?
What is Vivitrol?
This medication is a full ___ commonly used to treat opioid use disorder and is dispensed through opioid treatment programs
What is a full opioid agonist and methadone?
Topamax is designed to reduce what symptom?
What is craving?
Name one example of harm reduction related to substance use
Hint: Think about ways to make drug use "safer"
What are safe injection sites or needle exchanges?
What are the two most dangerous substances to withdraw from?
What are alcohol and benzodiazepines?
What is the injectable version of Suboxone?
What is Sublocade?
what is a stimulant
During treatment, what should MAT be combined with?
What is counseling/therapy?
Which staff members should you talk to if you are interested in MAT?
Who is your counselor or the psychiatrist/doctor (Dr. Simon)
Which MAT option for alcohol is designed to make you extremely sick when you drink?
What is Antabuse?
What can be used to temporarily treat opioid overdoses in emergency situations?
What is Narcan?
What chemical in your body is responsible for cravings?
What is dopamine?
unlike methadone and buprenorphine, this MAT medication does NOT produce opioid effects
what is naltrexone
Why won't MAT work for everyone?
Everyone is unique!
what is acamprosate
this medication can cause precipitated withdrawal if given too soon after a person has used opioids
what is naltrexone