Rethinking Opioid Dose Tapering, Prescription Opioid Dependence, and Indications for Buprenorphine

Ann Intern Med. 2019 Sep 17;171(6):427-429. doi: 10.7326/M19-1488. Epub 2019 Aug 27.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Buprenorphine / therapeutic use*
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Humans
  • Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Opiate Substitution Treatment / methods*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards
  • United States

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Buprenorphine