Navigating treatment transitions: Enhancing outpatient recovery with morphine milligram equivalent (MME) dosing in methadone to buprenorphine transition—Case reports
MME low-dose initiations appear to be a feasible and safe method for BUP/NLX induction. Further research involving patients on higher methadone doses and larger sample sizes, along prospective designs, is necessary to validate these findings and explore the long-term effectiveness and safety of MME-guided induction protocols across various clinical settings.
Authors
- Regina B. Baronia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5795-9832)
- Wali Yousufzai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1331-8272)
- Kapila Marambage
- Roald Credo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0176-7745)
- Poorvanshi Alag
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (US)
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Opioid Management
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.0923
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00