Open AccessPerioperative Management of Buprenorphine: Solving the Conundrum
Author(s) -
Aurora Quaye,
Yi Zhang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pny217
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , discontinuation , buprenorphine , context (archaeology) , opioid , analgesic , anesthesia , observational study , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , surgery , paleontology , receptor , biology
There is no consensus on the optimal perioperative management of patients on buprenorphine (BUP) for opioid use disorder (OUD). This article will review the available literature on BUP and the analgesic efficacy of BUP combined with full mu-opioid agonists and discuss the conflicting management strategies in the context of acute pain and our institution's protocol for the periprocedural management of BUP.