Be Familiar With Pain Treatment for Patients Taking Buprenorphine

April 2023

We’re getting questions about treating acute pain in patients who take buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Buprenorphine may block some effects of other opioids (morphine, etc)...because it binds opioid receptors tightly.

But holding buprenorphine while using other opioids to treat acute pain raises concern for OUD relapse.

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COVID-19 Continue to Identify Patients Who May Need a Bivalent COVID-19 Booster
COVID-19 Help People Cope With Long COVID
Pain Management Be Familiar With Pain Treatment for Patients Taking Buprenorphine