Buprenorphine: a “win-win” for acute postoperative pain
Recent declines in opioid overdose deaths are the result of actions to curtail the crisis: increased patient education about opioid harms, Food and Drug Administration approval of over-the-counter naloxone, increased prescription of medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), decreased opioid
Authors
- Eugene R. Viscusi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0260-4396)
- Thomas R. Hickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-0238)
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2026-107648
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00