Opioid overdose after extended-release buprenorphine injection: a case report

2024/01/02 by Raluca Isenberg · 1 voice
Medicine · #Anesthesia and Pain Management #Opioid Use Disorder Treatment #Pain Management and Opioid Use

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/00952990.2023.2292011

openalex publication_date 2024/01/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

Buprenorphine is a partial µ-opioid agonist used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) (1). It has a lower risk for overdose due to its ceiling effect and higher binding affinity at the µ-receptor (1,...

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