Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids
Becker W, Seal K, Nelson D, DeRonne B, Kats A, Morasco B, Frank J, Makris U, Painter J, Allen K, Mixon A, Bohnert A, Reznik T, Hagedorn H, Hammett P, Borsari B, Baxley C, Krebs E. Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids. JAMA Internal Medicine 2025, 185: 372-381. PMID: 39960730, PMCID: PMC11833656, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.8361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThis study assessed whether switching chronic pain patients from high-dose opioids to buprenorphine improved pain or reduced opioid use, finding no improvements compared with not offering the switch.Care Models to Improve Pain and Reduce Opioids Among Patients Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy
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