None of the treatments helped appease his addiction, until he became a patient at Edmonton's injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) clinic. 'People will continue to die'"My life was saved by the iOAT program," said Monette, 38. "To avoid an abrupt and potentially life-threatening transition from iOAT to street opioid use, some iOAT patients have resumed street opioid use in a gradual manner to safely facilitate their transition off of iOAT. In doing so, iOAT patients are exposing themselves to serious dangers associated with street opioid use, including the risk of death." He is seeking an emergency injunction that would prevent all iOAT patients from being denied the treatment until the lawsuit concludes.

Source: CBC News October 08, 2020 21:21 UTC