New Study: Buprenorphine Proves Effective for Fentanyl Users in the ED

Response to buprenorphine among emergency department (ED) patients using fentanyl was similar to that in patients using other opioids, based on data from nearly 900 individuals.

California emergency departments include a facilitation program known as CA Bridge for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Guidelines for CA Bridge call for high-dose buprenorphine to treat patients with drug withdrawal.

“Buprenorphine has been repeatedly shown to save lives and prevent overdoses,” said Hannah Snyder, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco. “We know that emergency department–initiated buprenorphine is an essential tool for increasing access. In the era of fentanyl, both patients and providers have expressed concerns that buprenorphine may not work as well as it did when patients were more likely to be using heroin or opioid pills,” she said.

“This retrospective cohort study provides additional information about emergency department buprenorphine as fentanyl becomes increasingly prevalent.”

Read more: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/989413

Full study:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2801943

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