David Lawrence

Internist and addiction medicine physician @LosAngelesVA, @DGsomUCLA. Passionate about health-systems innovation, student of #HarmReduction. Thoughts my own.

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

Check out the paper at: https://t.co/HuPV5XgetQ

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

❓Can health-systems data accurately identify folks with untreated opioid use disorder (OUD)?

📳Could ‘cold-calls’ from a prescriber engage these folks in OUD care?

Our descriptive evaluation of a novel OUD care model sheds some light on these questions and more.

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

https://t.co/Jr4s4tJYPG

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

Therapeutically-dosed methadone is a life-saving treatment for fentanyl addiction.
Why must patients first endure months of discomfort to get there?
Through a lived experience narrative and review of the literature, our @SAj_AMERSA commentary argues for a different approach.

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

Though opioid overdose is a leading cause of disability and death, health systems lack incentives to make meaningful investments in proven overdose prevention services. #ACSC designation could change that. @DrHsuPsychiatry

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

💬 Viewpoint: Designating opioid overdose as an ambulatory care sensitive condition (#ACSC) could expand access to evidence-based prevention, improve care quality, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

https://t.co/fWjT9foBVI

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

Should opioid overdose be designated as an ambulatory care sensitive condition? We think so. Huge gratitude for @DrHsuPsychiatry 's vision & leadership in drafting this piece, & for the fabulous contributions of our twitterless co-authors Peter Capone-Newton and Lillian Gelberg.

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

💬 Viewpoint: Designating opioid overdose as an ambulatory care sensitive condition (#ACSC) could expand access to evidence-based prevention, improve care quality, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

https://t.co/fWjT9foBVI

[Elana Gordon @Elana_Gordon]

There’s a tragic feature in our nation’s soaring overdose crisis: all too often fatal od’s occur when someone’s alone. As in, no one’s there to call 911, to give a lifesaving antidote.

⁦Enter hotlines and biosensors.

New from @DavidOvalle305⁩ & me: https://t.co/Lx0CoPZNie

[Paul Christine @pauljchristine]

Addiction folks, we have a new publication out on treating non-prescribed benzodiazepine withdrawal in a low-barrier outpatient bridge clinic @JAM_ASAM

Lead by the brilliant @jordanalaks with @JessicaTaylorMD

Check it out: https://t.co/69zzOZ93SP

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[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@DGlaucomflecken @thecurbsiders It’s all about the wordplay: it’s not unreasonable... In the context of…. I wouldn’t fault you if… definitely could consider… will continue to monitor… end any list with etcetera, where etc actually means you can’t think of any more things but want to suggest you can, etc

[Adam J. Gordon 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @AJ_Gordon]

A SUPERSTAR in our field, JeffreySamet wins the James L. Sorensen Distinguished Treatment and Research Mentor Award at @CPDDorg #CPDD2024 #CPDD24. Dr. Samet is a mentor to all, not just those at Boston University

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@YihanYangMD @jasleen_salwan @CarolynAChan @CurbsidersSUDs @jtetrault17 @StephenHolt7 There is also a recently fda cleared spottting device from masimo. $250 price tag and medicalized form factor seem like barriers to me, but an interesting addition to the space. https://t.co/9BJoGIbGU8

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@YihanYangMD @jasleen_salwan @CarolynAChan @CurbsidersSUDs @jtetrault17 @StephenHolt7 In the US for spotting when using alone there is the Brave app, the MA overdose prevention line, and the Never Use Alone hotline. Wait times for an operator can be a barrier with some of these.

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@stephenHRNRP How about the evidence that drug seizures may actually increase fatal overdose rates — the outcome these efforts are purportedly trying to reduce. https://t.co/5Aqc3zuJdT

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

Amazing panel at the VA national OTP conference today with JC, SAMHSA, DEA, and VA leadership all taking questions from the field about the confounding rules governing the provision of life-saving methadone care.

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@olsonplanner Thank you for this! I meet these criteria. All loans including undergrad are currently direct loans. Any action I need to take to get the recount? Or is it just those whose undergrad loans are not direct who need to take action and apply to consolidate by 4/30?

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@ChelseaLShover Weird to eat them dry with no milk though

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@fnalvarez 999 bid is easier to remember to take, bioequivalent, and avoids satanic concerns. https://t.co/3VRzqAO4eb

[ASAM @ASAMorg]

A 50-year-old law limits many Americans’ access to addiction treatment that is right for them.  To learn more about pending legislation to reform methadone access, click here:  https://t.co/tUFvP734TA

[David Lawrence @_DavidLawrence7]

@soupvector @MKIttlesonMD This made me realize just how much I miss your polk teaching sessions, Dr Ray.