Yale School of Medicine researcher Dr. David A. Fiellin has received a five-year
$2.9 million grant from The National Institutes of Health to advance his research
on substance abuse.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Fiellin the grant to support his
research evaluating whether gradual withdrawal from prescription opioid medications
(narcotic painkillers) with buprenorphine is most effective at reducing drug
use.
Fiellin, associate professor of medicine, notes that about three million Americans
are addicted to narcotic pain medication. “The results of this study will
help define the role of detoxification in the treatment of addiction to prescription
opioid pain medication with buprenorphine in primary care,” he says.
The National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources Service Administration,
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration and the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation fund Fiellin’s work.
His research is focused on the recognition and treatment of substance abuse disorders
in office-based, primary care and HIV specialty settings. He studies primary
care-based recognition and treatment of opioid and alcohol dependence.
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