Switching From High-Dose, Long-Term Opioids to Buprenorphine: A Case Series

Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jul 7;173(1):70-71. doi: 10.7326/L19-0725. Epub 2020 Apr 7.
No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; Adverse reactions; Case series; Drug safety; Drug therapy; Lower back pain; Opioids; Outpatients; Oxycodone; Therapeutic drug monitoring.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Buprenorphine / administration & dosage*
  • Chronic Pain / drug therapy
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Substitution / methods*
  • Humans
  • Low Back Pain / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxycodone / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Buprenorphine
  • Oxycodone