The procedure involves trained physicians inserting match-stick sized rods under the skin of the upper arm, each containing the medication buprenorphine.
"It's so important to have a number of treatment options because there's no one-size-fits-all for turning the tide on the opioid crisis," said Nolan, who is also medical director of the addiction program at Providence Health Care. Nolan said one addiction-medicine doctor at St. Paul's Hospital has been trained on how to insert the implant, considered a viable option for people being released from correctional facilities, residential treatment programs and prolonged hospital stays because their tolerance to illicit opioids would be markedly reduced, putting them at higher risk of overdose.
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