1/ In Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Tx (JSAT): Qual study with women of color with SUD in MA highlighting compounding stigmas during pregnancy and postpartum, where participants experience increased scrutiny, mistrust and expectations hindering access to care and resources. jsatjournal.com/article/S2949-…

I didn’t want my friend to inject heroin. But I really, really didn’t want her to overdose & die alone at 25. I wish she were alive & using today. Or alive & getting help. Or alive & sober. Alive & anything is better than dead, no matter what people who hate drug users say.

Bridge Clinic models really work. And the opportunity to work with patients is very fulfilling. In solidarity from NJ. Massachusetts providers, don’t miss out.

Go work with the absolute best people doing the most important and rewarding work! I’m jealous 🙃

Sarah Wakeman This is an amazing resource for our patients at MassGeneral News! If you're looking for a new position and meet that criteria above, please apply!!

Come work with me at MGH Bridge! Looking for part time physicians and APPs (shifts 2:30-6 on weekdays and 9-12:30 weekends) and full time therapists (including a clinical director).

We’re hiring to expand services in our MGH Bridge clinic! Looking for passionate physicians, APPs, therapists interested in innovative, person centered, low barrier substance use care. Personally working in Bridge is some of the funnest most rewarding work I do! DM if interested.

Thanks The Boston Globe for highlighting importance of addiction consult teams like our Mass General Brigham team. Treating addiction like other conditions should be norm. All ppl should have the option to see a team of specialists & start treatment without delay. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/26/met…

Hope you’ll join us later this morning! Looking forward to talking with Alex Hogan from STAT about why we need to make addiction treatment a usual part of medical care and held to the same quality & equity standards. Mass General Brigham MassGeneral News

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On rounds at Grady

Me: 'How're you feeling today?'
Him: 'Well. I been better. That medicine y'all gave me made me run off!'

My team looked puzzled.
I did not.

Me: 'Oh no! You talking 'bout the medicine we gave you for your gout flare up?'
Him: 'Yeah! That one!'

Longest long run done and dusted ✅ If the training is the actual marathon and the race is the celebration, I’m ready to celebrate! Taper time here we go. Thanks to all who have supported- it means the world! givengain.com/project/sarah-… Mass General Brigham MassGeneral News

Honored to join my inspiring colleagues Dr. Lambert and Jazz Irvin for a panel at Grayken Center for Addiction conference yesterday on inequities in the overdose crisis Mass General Brigham MassGeneral News

20 mile long run today with my new front teeth! If you’re able to give any amount helps ❤️ MassGeneral News Mass General Brigham Boston Marathon givengain.com/project/sarah-…

So excited to hear the amazing Dr. Wakeman on this episode of Mel Robbins!! Sarah Wakeman Mel Robbins 🙏🏼🙏🏼💕

In this video by STAT, our senior medical director for substance use disorder Sarah Wakeman explains the severe symptoms and side effects that come with withdrawal from opioids. statnews.com/2024/03/05/why…

Spread this video by STAT with Sarah Wakeman if you know anybody who needs to learn about addiction, medications for opioid use disorder, and the 'hell' of withdrawal: statnews.com/2024/03/05/why…. This is the messaging we need.

How the U.S. is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the #opioids epidemic, by Lev Facher statnews.com/2024/03/05/opi… via STAT Sarah Wakeman #addiction #ToxicDrugCrisis

Fantastic deep dive by STAT journalist Lev Facher with great quotes by Ayana “TDs middle child” Jordan Zoe Weinstein MD, MS and others on the lifesaving potential of medication treatment for opioid use disorder statnews.com/2024/03/05/opi…

Watch: Why fentanyl withdrawal is agony and how medication can prevent it - Terrific explanatory video from Alex Hogan, featuring Sarah Wakeman statnews.com/2024/03/05/why… via STAT

Medications like methadone and buprenorphine are effective at treating opioid dependence but hard to access.

Sarah Wakeman explains how these medications work in the brain and can help people lead normal lives.

Video produced by Alex Hogan. trib.al/ah3md6D