LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The federal government just brought in new legislation that allows practitioners to obtain a waiver to prescribe many more patients Bupenorphine (Suboxone). According to a press release by the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County and Trinity of Chemung County (CASA-Trinity), practitioners can obtain a waiver to prescribe Suboxone to up to 275 patients, an increase from 100 patients. Buprenorphine is … [Read more...]
Livingston County Uses New Addiction Therapy Implant to Keep Pills Off the Streets
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Livingston County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (CASA) is the first in the region to offer a new implant designed to administer opioid addiction medication to addicts without using pills, which themselves can be illegally sold and abused. According to a press release from CASA, Dr. Thomas Walters, Medical Director of the CASA Geneseo clinic, has recently been trained and is now certified to administer the … [Read more...]