Ketamine treatment for buprenorphine-precipitated opioid withdrawal: a case report.
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2025 Ezioma Gbujie, Lisa Vercollone, Joji Suzuki 2 citations
The presence of fentanyl in the drug supply is thought to contribute to the incidence of buprenorphine-precipitated opioid withdrawal (BPOW) during initiation. Long used as a surgical anesthetic and an analgesic, the utility of ketamine for psychiatric and substance use disorder indications continues to grow. We present a case of intravenous (IV) ketamine use on the general medical floor for...