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 ...

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 ...

Compared to patients adherent to monthly injectable buprenorphine, patients on other MOUD (adherent and non-adherent) were 3.5 to 8.1x more ...

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, ...

The use of transmucosal buprenorphine, a drug prescribed to treat opioid use disorder and pain, may cause dental problems, according to a warning issued January 12 from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who switched to buprenorphine after using opioids to treat their chronic pain reported significant ...

In the 12-month period ending in April, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses -- the most recorded in a year-long span. Most of those overdoses involved opioids. Public health ...

PITTSBURGH — Opioids are a cornerstone of cancer pain management, but there is a lack of consensus on how to treat pain in cancer patients who also have struggled with opioid use disorder or ...

The DEA and HHS got it partly right the first time. Now, the DEA and HHS should codify a bona fide exam requirement and commonsense guardrails in lieu of a special registration. Then in March 2023, ...

A study in client-owned dogs with osteoarthritis demonstrated that a single injection of ALA-1000 effectively mitigates pain and improves functional mobility, with a sustained drug release profile for ...