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Addictionologist

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Addictionologist
(1) A medical doctor who is board-eligible or certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and who specialises in diagnosing and managing patients with addiction disorders.
(2) A health professional—e.g., a psychiatrist, who manages a patient with dependence on various substances of abuse—e.g., alcohol, cocaine, opiates, tobacco
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For this reason, prescriptions for off-label uses of anticonvulsants for SUD treatment should be managed only by skilled psychiatrists or addictionologists, and only then with careful monitoring of risks and benefits over time.
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Age: 57 Quote: "We have doctors now who are addictionologists at hospitals, but this is still an area that's woefully underserved.
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