Successful rotation from long-acting full agonist opioids to sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone using a microdosing approach.
Journal of opioid management 2021 René C Vytialingam, Stephan A Schug, Richard O'Regan
Buprenorphine/naloxone (BPN/NX) is a first-line treatment for opioid use disorder. Conventional treatment guidelines recommend a period of opioid abstinence and the presence of moderate withdrawal before initiation to avoid precipitated withdrawal. A newer approach of "microdosing" removes this requirement and has potential benefits. We present two cases of successful induction of BPN/NX using...