Search results for "Opioid use disorder"
Limited evidence supports continuing buprenorphine for acute pain in patients with OUD
Available evidence supports the current best practice of continuing buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) already prescribed this medication, a systematic review of 115 studies concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/03/18/4.htm
18 Mar 2025
Patients with OUD less likely to stop methadone than buprenorphine/naloxone
Results were consistent after fentanyl became present in the population and across a range of subgroup and sensitivity analyses.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/10/22/4.htm
22 Oct 2024
Routine opioid use disorder screening fails to significantly increase new diagnosis rates
This may be due to the sensitivity of the screening instrument, compounded by the stigma of opioid use disorder; addressing the latter may increase the instrument's sensitivity, the authors suggest.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/17/2.htm
17 Oct 2023
Telehealth visits may improve outcomes for opioid use disorder
A cross-sectional study of U.S. insurance claims found that buprenorphine initiation during a telehealth visit was associated with a 36% lower overdose rate than in person and that patients in the former group were more likely to refill their prescriptions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/12/1.htm
12 Sep 2023
Pandemic may have led to changes in buprenorphine treatment initiation, retention
While more U.S. patients received buprenorphine for opioid use disorder between March 13 and Dec. 1, 2020, than during the same period in 2019, there were about 17% fewer new prescriptions than expected, a recent study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/13/2.htm
13 Dec 2022
Extended-release naltrexone may be as effective as buprenorphine but more difficult to initiate
Buprenorphine might be a safer initial strategy for many patients because of the better chance of a quick, successful induction, a comment author noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/21/2.htm
21 Nov 2017