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Safe Use of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in a Veteran With Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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Anjali Varma, MD; Mamta Sapra, MD; Nancy Eck, FNP; Joseph Smigiel, PharmD; and Stephanie Brooks, LCSW

Dr. Varma is the lead psychiatrist, Ms. Eck is a nurse practitioner, Dr. Smigiel is a psychiatry pharmacy specialist, and Ms. Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker, all in the Buprenorphine Clinic at the Salem VA MEdical Center in Virginia. Dr. Sapra is a staff psychiatrist at the Salem VA Medical Center, Drs. Varma and Sapra are also assistant professors in the department of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

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prescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depressionprescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depression
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Sapra M
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Sapra M
Eck N
Smigiel J
Brooks S
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Anjali Varma, MD; Mamta Sapra, MD; Nancy Eck, FNP; Joseph Smigiel, PharmD; and Stephanie Brooks, LCSW

Dr. Varma is the lead psychiatrist, Ms. Eck is a nurse practitioner, Dr. Smigiel is a psychiatry pharmacy specialist, and Ms. Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker, all in the Buprenorphine Clinic at the Salem VA MEdical Center in Virginia. Dr. Sapra is a staff psychiatrist at the Salem VA Medical Center, Drs. Varma and Sapra are also assistant professors in the department of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

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Anjali Varma, MD; Mamta Sapra, MD; Nancy Eck, FNP; Joseph Smigiel, PharmD; and Stephanie Brooks, LCSW

Dr. Varma is the lead psychiatrist, Ms. Eck is a nurse practitioner, Dr. Smigiel is a psychiatry pharmacy specialist, and Ms. Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker, all in the Buprenorphine Clinic at the Salem VA MEdical Center in Virginia. Dr. Sapra is a staff psychiatrist at the Salem VA Medical Center, Drs. Varma and Sapra are also assistant professors in the department of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

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Safe Use of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in a Veteran With Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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Safe Use of Buprenorphine/Naloxone in a Veteran With Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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prescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depressionprescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depression
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prescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depressionprescription opioid disorders, Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF, combat injuries, opioid therapy, hepatitis C virus, HCV, liver, buprenorphine, naloxone, opioid dependence, methadone, alanine aminotransferase, ALT, aspartate aminotransferase, AST, National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, NIDA, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Buprenorphine Clinic, Salem VA Medical Center, heroin, prescription pain pill abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depression
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