Dr. Mina Tanaka on Stigma and Requirements for Prescribing MOUD

Dr. Mina Tanaka, with the Indian Health Service in New Mexico, discusses the importance of avoiding assumptions when meeting patients battling opioid use disorder (OUD). Dr. Tanaka also dispels beliefs that some prescribers may have about requirements and training needed to prescribe medications for OUD. Research shows that treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) is most effective when medications are used. Prescribe with Confidence is an educational campaign to help prescribers recognize and treat OUD.