Maryland Addiction Consultation Service (MACS)

📢 Attention healthcare providers and teams🩺👥 The waiver requirement for buprenorphine prescribing has been removed, expanding access to opioid use disorder treatment. Watch this video from Maryland Department of Health Secretary of Health, Dr. Laura Herrera Scott , to learn about this evidence-based treatment and how MACS can support you and your practice. Together we can improve access to lifesaving care. #Buprenorphine #Opioids #OverdosePrevention

#MACSOnTheMove Today, the MACS team is at the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy Fall Reverse Expo, Seminar, and Residency Showcase! Check out our exhibit table to learn how MACS supports pharmacists. For more information, call us at 1-855-337-MACS (6227) or visit www.marylandmacs.org.

This month, MACS is celebrating American #PharmacistsMonth by shining a #MACSpotlight on our partners at University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy! Pharmacy professionals and student pharmacists are making a difference throughout Maryland's local communities. On the Lower Eastern Shore, University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy professor Richard DeBenedetto, PharmD, shares with his students how they can mitigate stigma when working in the pharmacy setting. #APhM2024 American Pharmacists Association

#DYK October is #SubstanceUsePreventionMonth? Explore compelling evidence from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on how #PreventionWorks to strengthen protective factors and reduce risk factors across various populations: https://lnkd.in/dFHDUNvd. Together, let's promote support, understanding and hope!

On October 24, join PCSS-MOUD for a Half & Half MOUD Training hosted by MACS. With trainers Chris Welsh, MD, and Marian Currens, CRNP, the live and on-demand portions fulfill the 8-hour substance use training for DEA registrants and renewals. Register: https://bit.ly/2QEHGR5. #MedEd PCSS-MOUD: Educate, Train, Mentor

#ICYMI On Wednesday at 12:30 PM, Dr. Gandhi will lead the SUD ECHO community in a didactic presentation and case-based discussion focused on ADHD and Substance Use Disorders: A Complicated Relationship. Register here: https://bit.ly/3s03h9z. #ProjectECHO #MedEd

October is #ADHDAwarenessMonth! Observe this occasion on October 16 by registering for Dr. Gandhi's ECHO Clinic about ADHD and Substance Use Disorders: A Complicated Relationship. Register by visiting https://lnkd.in/emiUWY2H. #ADHDAwareness #ADHDAwarenessMonth2024

Recovery on wheels! This morning, the Mobilize Recovery Bus Tour rolled into Baltimore. 🚌 Our #MACSOnTheMove team proudly signed the Recovery Bus to symbolize our support for those affected by substance use disorder in our community and across the nation. We even ran into Emily Keller, Special Secretary of Overdose Response for Maryland’s Office of Overdose Response. Although the Recovery Bus has left Baltimore, its impact remains! Mobilize Recovery #MobilizeRecovery #RecoveryIsPossible

💻Join Dr. Gandhi and the SUD ECHO community on Wednesday, October 16, for a case-based discussion and didactic presentation focused on ADHD and Substance Use Disorders: A Complicated Relationship. Register here: https://bit.ly/3s03h9z. #ProjectECHO #MedEd

On Wednesday, October 23, join MACS for MOMs as we host a #FreeCME and CEU webinar: Birth is Not an Endpoint. Participants can expect to review the impact of SUD on birthing people and postpartum maternal health. Register here: https://bit.ly/2QEHGR5. #MedEd