The Right Dose, Every Day

Saturday, April 25, 2026

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Location: America's Cup, Level 4

Presenter(s)

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Ruth A. Potee, MD DFASAM

Medical Director
Behavioral Health Network
Northfield, Massachusetts
Ari Kriegsman, MD FASAM

Medical Director BHN Springfield OTP, Carlson Recovery Center
Behavioral Health Network
Florence, Massachusetts
Daniel Liauw, MD MPH FASAM

Primary Care and Addiction Physician
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Slides Handouts

The most important thing about methadone is taking the right dose(s) every day. This session covers strategies to improve this, including split dosing, increasing take home bottles, safe and accelerated induction titrations, and non-punitive missed dose approaches. In addition, we will explore methods for transitioning patients from methadone to buprenorphine, including direct-to-inject buprenorphine.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Apply evidence-based strategies to titrate methadone doses and manage missed doses [patient care]
Identify common clinical presentations when split dosing and increased take home dosing of methadone could improve patient outcomes [patient care, systems-based practice]
Counsel a patient in options for transitioning from methadone to buprenorphine [patient care, interpersonal communication skills]

Disclosure(s):

Ruth A. Potee, MD DFASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Ari Kriegsman, MD FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Daniel Liauw, MD MPH FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose