The role of buprenorphine in patients with opioid use disorder in need of acute or chronic pain management
It is imperative that providers be knowledgeable about buprenorphine and how to optimize it for OUD as well as pain. Pain management with buprenorphine can be tailored to the patient and clinical situation, but any therapeutic plan must contain a holistic approach and involve extensive communication that includes the patient and all relevant providers to achieve safe and effective care.
Authors
- L Král (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2185-6425)
- Tanya J. Uritsky
- Benjamin Miskle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-3438)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf293
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00