Healio (3/30, Rhoades) reports, “Initiating buprenorphine in the” emergency department (ED) “to patients with opioid use disorder” (OUD) “was safe, with fewer than 1% of patients experiencing precipitated withdrawal despite a high prevalence of fentanyl use,” researchers concluded in the findings of a 1,200-participant study published online March 30 in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Buprenorphine initiation in ED safe, effective among patients with OUD who use fentanyl “Andrew Rhoades, Healio, March 30, 2023