April 23, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) — Methadone and buprenorphine are viable analgesic treatment options for patients with chronic pain and comorbid opioid addiction. However, when it comes to safety, ...

For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, but overall evidence for pain outcomes in these patients is low, according ...

Buprenorphine may be as effective as conventional analgesia in older adults with acute pain, with reduced opioid consumption and breakthrough analgesia. In older adults, buprenorphine was found to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense recently updated their clinical practice guidelines for the ...

Buprenorphine is a treatment medication that decreases mortality risks among people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Despite its efficacy, buprenorphine is underused in the US. Insurance restrictions ...

The risks of full agonist long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain—and those of tapering off of these medications—make a transition from full agonists to buprenorphine an attractive and potentially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Brixadi is the first long-acting buprenorphine injectable that is available in weekly and monthly doses.

Higher daily buprenorphine doses may help patients better manage opioid use disorder (OUD), data from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study suggested. The new data highlight that the dose size ...

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, compared with children whose ...

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Signing into law a change that can prevent thousands of Americans from dying of opioid overdoses should have been met with fanfare. Instead, it not only slid under the media radar but hasn’t been ...

In adults not prescribed medications for OUD, oral clonidine, intramuscular haloperidol and midazolam with intravenous morphine, and intraoperative IV lidocaine may improve pain outcomes. HealthDay ...