Posted by europerep on April 2, 2010, at 6:16:52
In reply to Re: Obtaining Buprenorphine - Pseudoname?, posted by emmanuel98 on April 1, 2010, at 20:47:07
that is not correct. basically ANY doctor can do so, albeit not for opiate addiction. a doc needs to have one of these "waivers" if he wants to do opiate maintenance treatment, but for other purposes, such as off-label pain therapy and stuff, a doc only needs the permission to prescribe narcotics in general, which most of them have.
this is the exact confusion the original poster refered to, and even some docs do not know this!
poster:europerep
thread:941611
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20100328/msgs/941747.html