Low dose initiation of buprenorphine: a narrative review and practical approach

SM Cohen, MB Weimer, XA Levander… - Journal of addiction …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Low dose buprenorphine initiation, is an alternative method of initiating buprenorphine in
which the starting dose is very low and gradually increased to therapeutic levels over a …

Opioid use disorder

JL Taylor, JH Samet - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a treatable chronic disorder with episodes of remission and
recurrence characterized by loss of control of opioid use, compulsive use, and continued …

Evidence of buprenorphine-precipitated withdrawal in persons who use fentanyl

NB Varshneya, AP Thakrar… - Journal of addiction …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Buprenorphine can precipitate withdrawal in opioid-dependent persons with
recent fentanyl use. However, the prevalence of this phenomenon is not clinically …

The methadone manifesto: treatment experiences and policy recommendations from methadone patient activists

C Simon, L Vincent, A Coulter… - … Journal of Public …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released guidance to opioid
treatment programs relaxing some of the MMT restrictions that had been in place for more …

Buprenorphine dose and time to discontinuation among patients with opioid use disorder in the era of fentanyl

LC Chambers, BD Hallowell, AR Zullo… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) has more than doubled
since 2009. However, current US Food and Drug Administration buprenorphine dosing …

Extended-release 7-day injectable buprenorphine for patients with minimal to mild opioid withdrawal

G D'Onofrio, AA Herring, J Perrone, K Hawk… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Buprenorphine is an effective yet underused treatment for opioid use disorder
(OUD). Objective To evaluate the feasibility (acceptability, tolerability, and safety) of 7-day …

“They say it's fentanyl, but they honestly look like Perc 30s”: Initiation and use of counterfeit fentanyl pills

R Daniulaityte, K Sweeney, S Ki, BN Doebbeling… - Harm reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Background Worsening of the overdose crisis in the USA has been linked to the continuing
proliferation of non-pharmaceutical fentanyl (NPF). The recent wave of NPF spread in the …

Extended-release injection vs sublingual buprenorphine for opioid use disorder with fentanyl use: a post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial

EV Nunes, SD Comer, MR Lofwall, SL Walsh… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Fentanyl has exacerbated the opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose
epidemic. Data on the effectiveness of medications for OUD among patients using fentanyl …

Unintentional drug overdose: Is more frequent use of non-prescribed buprenorphine associated with lower risk of overdose?

RG Carlson, R Daniulaityte, SM Silverstein… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Unintentional drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the US This
study tests the hypothesis that people who have used non-prescribed buprenorphine more …

Protracted renal clearance of fentanyl in persons with opioid use disorder

AS Huhn, JG Hobelmann, GA Oyler… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction The illicit opioid supply in the US is increasingly adulterated with fentanyl. As
such, persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) may be regularly exposed to fentanyl …