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Higher First 30-Day Dose of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Is Associated With Decreased Mortality
Addiction Medicine: Beyond the Abstract
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Higher First 30-Day Dose of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Is Associated With Decreased Mortality
Host Shawn McNeil, MD, is joined by Michelle Lofwall, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM, a professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky and Medical Director of UK’s Robert Straus and First Bridge Clinics, which provide comprehensive OUD treatment within the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Dr. Lofwall and her co-authors examined the relationship between the dose in the early stages of treatment and the subsequent risk of death and found some surprising results.
Higher First 30-Day Dose of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Is Associated With Decreased Mortality
Journal of Addiction Medicine 18(3):p 319-326, 5/6 2024
May-June 2024
