Virtual medicine connects patients fighting addiction to doctors from afar - Frederick News Post (subscription)

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Frederick News Post (subscription)Virtual medicine connects patients fighting addiction to doctors from afarFrederick News Post (subscription)Physicians who wish to treat opioid-addicted patients with buprenorphine must complete a certification class administered by the American Psychiatric Association. Those certified to prescribe buprenorphine may only prescribe it to 100 patients at a time.