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 ...

The U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense recently updated their clinical practice guidelines for the use of opioids in patients with chronic pain, the first update in 5 years. The U.S.

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 ...

Creation of a clinic focused on harm reduction for patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) who required opioid treatment for severe cancer pain resulted in more than half of the patients ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received buprenorphine doses above 16 mg and 24 mg experienced longer times to ED or inpatient ...

With historically high overdose death rates in U.S., multi-site NIH study reinforces importance of continued, uninterrupted access to addiction medication Results from a multi-site clinical trial ...

Four years ago, when Daniel Patrick Garrett was prescribed buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, in 2019, he drove to 10 pharmacies before he found one that filled his ...

In a study looking at the effects of buprenorphine in 1,200 patients with substance use disorders, the odds of precipitated withdrawal — an adverse reaction caused by medications used to treat opioid ...

Initiation of buprenorphine in hospitals in the United States has plateaued since 2018, with low retention rates of less than 25%, based on data from more than 3 million individuals who began ...

As a pharmacist for HCMC and Hennepin emergency services, Holly Drone has seen a lot. But when Drone described the pain of opiate withdrawal on patients, she turned to her clients’ and co-workers’ ...