Risk of opioid overdose during buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in the fentanyl era
Buprenorphine remains effective for overdose prevention in the fentanyl era among patients who remain in treatment. There was no evidence that higher doses were associated with greater overdose risk.
Authors
- Marzan A. Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0604-5595)
- Rachel Gaither (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9051-4798)
- Benjamin D. Hallowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-9615)
- Laura C. Chambers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-6578)
- Rachel Wightman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6141-1776)
- Andrew Zullo
- Justin Berk
- McClaren Rodriguez
- Macy Daly
- Francesca L. Beaudoin
Institutions
- Rhode Island Department of Health (US)
- Providence College (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108603
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00